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2 unusual facts about Igor Britanov


Igor Britanov

Captain Second Rank Igor Anatolievich Britanov, Soviet Navy (Ret.) was the captain of the Soviet missile submarine K-219 when it sank off the coast of Bermuda on October 3, 1986.

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While waiting for his trial in Sverdlovsk in May 1987, Defense Minister Sergei Sokolov resigned and was replaced by Dmitry Yazov; subsequently, the charges against Britanov were dropped.



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