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Yesterday, Murmansk residents, together with the entire country, recalled the feat of the crew of the experimental deep-sea nuclear submarine Komsomolets, which sank off Medvezhy Island as a result of a fire on board.
And today, April 8, we remember the crew of the Northern Fleet nuclear submarine K-8, which sank on April 12, 1970 in the Bay of Biscay, 300 miles northwest of Spain (commander - Captain 2nd Rank V.B. Bessonov) as a result of a fire that broke out on the submarine. 52 sailors died on the K-8.
The submarine "K-8" (project 627a "Kit") became part of the Northern Fleet on August 31, 1960. Over the years of operation, she traveled 1,357 miles on the surface, and 3,168 miles underwater, making 6 exits.
On April 8, 1970, upon returning from combat service and the Ocean exercises on the 51st day of an autonomous cruise in the Bay of Biscay at a depth of 120 meters at a speed of 10 knots at 22.30, fires broke out almost simultaneously in compartments III and VII. The boat began to surface, increasing its speed to 16 knots. At 22.36 the boat surfaced: wave force 2, wind force 3. A few minutes later, the emergency protection of the reactors on both sides was activated. Due to the failure of the power grid, the boat completely lost power, electricity and communications. On the night of April 9, due to rising temperatures and gas contamination in compartments IV and VI, the personnel from them were transferred to the bridge. At 2 a.m., the hatch of compartment VIII was cleared, from which 4 people were removed and 15 people who died from carbon monoxide poisoning were carried out.
By the morning of April 9, all personnel left the aft compartments. In the afternoon of April 9, the seas increased to 4 points, and signs of increasing trim aft appeared due to water entering the aft compartments. 73 K-8 crew members were transferred to the approaching ships. The remaining personnel were placed in compartments I and II and on the bridge. Three attempts by the Kasimov transport to start the towing rope in stormy conditions were unsuccessful. On April 8–10, the submarine was drifting, without power and with its high-pressure air supply exhausted. On the morning of April 10, the Bulgarian motor ship Avior boarded the boat, through which they reported the accident to Moscow. By this time, the weather had deteriorated sharply, and it became clear that water was entering the 7th compartment.
As a result, the boat lost its buoyancy reserve and sank in the Bay of Biscay at a depth of more than 4,500 meters, killing 52 people. This was the first loss of the Soviet nuclear fleet. The ship's commander, Vsevolod Bessonov, was awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union posthumously, the dead crew members were awarded the Order of the Red Banner by closed order, the survivors were awarded the Ushakov medal.
Let's remember the victims by name:
Senior sailor ASTAKHOV Viktor Nikolaevich,
Captain 2nd Rank BESSONOV Vsevolod Borisovich,
Midshipman BELESCHENKOV Anatoly Ivanovich,
Senior sailor BURTSEV Nikolai Stepanovich,
Petty Officer 1st article BUSAREV Alexander Sergeevich,
Foreman 2 articles GATAULLIN Rudolf Gataullinovich,
Senior Lieutenant GUSEV Mstislav Vasilievich,
Sailor DEVIATKIN Viktor Nikolaevich,
Midshipman DEREVYANKO Leonid Nikolaevich,
Chief Petty Officer Vyacheslav Ivanovich DOBRYNIN,
Midshipman ERMAKOVICH Pavel Stepanovich,
Senior sailor INAMUKOV Bashir Ilyasovich,
Senior sailor KIRIN Alexander Mikhailovich,
Senior sailor KOLESNIKOV Valentin Aleksandrovich,
Senior sailor KOMKOV Nikolai Alexandrovich,
Sailor KOROVIN Nikolai Mikhailovich,
Captain-Lieutenant KUZNECHENKO Igor Vladimirovich,
Sailor KUZOVKOV Vyacheslav Ivanovich,
Senior sailor Anatoly Alexandrovich KULAKOV,
Midshipman KULAKOV Viktor Grigorievich,
Sailor KULSH Alexander Sergeevich,
Senior Lieutenant LAVRINENKO Anatoly Nikolaevich,
Chief Petty Officer LEONOV Vitaly Vasilievich,
Captain-Lieutenant LISIN Anatoly Ivanovich,
Midshipman MAEVSKY Viktor Ivanovich,
Midshipman MARTYNOV Leonid Fedorovich,
Senior sailor MASHUTA Yuri Alekseevich,
Senior sailor MISHCHENKO Viktor Mikhailovich,
Senior sailor PANKOV Evgeniy Viktorovich,
Midshipman PETROV Evgeniy Alexandrovich,
Sailor PECHERSKIKH Yuri Filatovich,
Senior Lieutenant POLETAEV Yuri Petrovich,
Captain-Lieutenant POLIKARPOV Anatoly Vasilievich,
Captain 3rd rank RUBEKO Vladimir Petrovich,
Chief Petty Officer SAVONIK Vasily Vasilievich,
Sailor SAMSONOV Evgeniy Alekseevich,
Captain of the medical service NIGHTINGALE Arseniy Methodievich,
Captain 2nd Rank Viktor Antonovich TKACHEV,
Midshipman USTENKO Alexey Antonovich,
Foreman FEDOROV Evgeniy Grigorievich,
Sailor FRESHER Konstantin Gustafovich,
Sailor FROLOV Vladimir Fedorovich,
Captain 3rd rank KHASLAVSKY Valentin Grigorievich,
Foreman CHEKMAREV Leonid Venidiktovich,
Senior Lieutenant Gennady Nikolaevich CHUGUNOV,
Captain-Lieutenant CHUDINOV Alexander Sergeevich,
Lieutenant SHABANOV Vladimir Alexandrovich,
Lieutenant SHEVTSOV Vladimir Ivanovich,
Sailor SHISHAYEV Alexander Petrovich,
Senior Lieutenant SHMAKOV Nikolai Vasilievich,
Senior Lieutenant SHOSTAKOVSKY Georgy Vasilievich.
The names of captain 2nd rank Vsevolod Bessonov and the head of the boat’s medical service, captain Arsenty Methodyevich Solovy, who gave his IDA to a sick sailor, are named after the streets in Gremikha (now the closed city of Ostrovnoy), where the nuclear-powered ship was based, and a monument was erected to the dead sailors there.
Almost half a century ago, Soviet submariners, at the cost of their own lives, prevented a nuclear explosion in the Atlantic. The story was classified as "secret"...Vladimir Shevtsov
Our fellow countrymen were also in that boat (read materials in no. and no. "Our time"). Today - continuation of the topic: a story about Shakhty resident Vladimir Shevtsov.
The memory of Vladimir Ivanovich Shevtsov and other submariners from the sunken nuclear submarine K-8 was honored the other day in the Admiralty Church of St. Petersburg. At the request of the society of veteran submariners of the 7th division of submarines of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, a lithium was served here. In the altar of this temple there is now a personalized capsule of our fellow countryman Vladimir Shevtsov. It contains sea water taken from the site of the sinking of the K-8 nuclear submarine. In the spring of 2018, the capsule will be transferred to Sevastopol - Vladimir Ivanovich graduated from the special faculty of the naval school in this city in 1969. On the memorial stele to the fallen graduates of the Sevastopol Higher Naval Engineering School, the name Shevtsov bears the inscription “taken by sea.”
The icon of the Traveling Rescuer at Sea was transferred to the Admiralty Church along with the capsules of Volodya and other dead crew members, said Vladimir Shevtsov’s sister Svetlana Terentyevna Milshina. - This icon was specially painted for submariners, it united all the tragedies of the fleet, and is available for those who would like to pray for the health of submariners and pay prayerful memory to the dead. Volodya, too, could probably have painted such an icon - he was an excellent artist. His mother even advised him to enroll in art academy. And he chose the naval school...
- Are you and Vladimir Nikolaevich native Shakhty residents?
Our mother, Klavdia Ivanovna, was a Pukhlyakovskaya. Her sisters lived in Shakhty. And we lived in Baku until August 1953. When we moved, I was eleven, and Volodya was seven years old. In September he started first grade. He drew very well. I remember his images of the Swan Princess, Othello, the Four Musketeers, Edson Arantis do Nascimento...
- Are you talking about Pele?
Yes, Volodya made a cool portrait of his idol. By the way, he played football well himself and played for Shakhtar Shakhty.
- However, drawing and football remained hobbies...
They faded into the background after the military commissar's visit to the school. He encouraged the boys to enter military schools. Volodya was intrigued by the prospects of officer service. In September 1963, my brother went to Sevastopol and entered the Naval Engineering School there. I was only at home during the holidays. He served at different latitudes - wherever the Motherland directed him. I once came on leave from Leningrad. He told us that he and his girl, her name was Lyuba, submitted an application to the registry office. That marriage did not take place - Volodya married another girl, a graduate of the medical institute Svetlana, and in the evening - an unkind sign - he lost his wedding ring. His wife went to visit him in Arctic Gremikha. There their daughter Olya was born. Soon Volodya passed away...
- Where are Svetlana and Olga now?
I only know that they left for Germany.
- Who told you about the death of your brother?
The day after the tragedy, three military registration and enlistment office workers came to us. Please accept, they say, Klavdia Ivanovna, condolences. Mom was given a one-time allowance. When a monument in memory of the dead sailors was opened in Gremikha in 1974, I really wanted to go there. But I didn’t receive any support. One was coping with grief. We didn’t know about the details of the tragedy... They say that a fellow countryman from Novoshakhtinsk served on K-8. But I don’t know either his last name or his fate. I would be grateful if the editors of Our Time would share with me the information that becomes known to you.
The search for relatives of our fellow submariners who died on the K-8 continues. So, to the regional military registration and enlistment office we sent a copy of the certificate of the military council of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, provided by search enthusiasts, addressed to the Zernograd district, to the Golubovka p/o on July 31, 1970 “comrade. Ermakovich R.D.” Here is a fragment of it: “Dear Raisa Demyanovna! For courage and bravery in the performance of military duty, your husband, midshipman Ermakovich Pavel Stepanovich, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 26, 1970, posthumously awarded the order Red Star. Sharing with you the grief of your untimely loss, we are at the same time proud that the party and government highly appreciated the feat of your husband. The bright image of Pavel Stepanovich will forever remain in our hearts as an example selfless service Homeland. Please accept our most sincere condolences for the misfortune that has befallen you. Commander of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, Fleet Admiral S. Lobov. Acting member of the military council and head of the political department of the KSF, Rear Admiral N. Baturov.” Which relatives of the Ermakovich family now live in the Zernogradsky district? What do they know about the submariner hero? The search continues...
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PIONEER OF TRAGEDIES SOVIET ATOMIC SUBMARINE
The fate of ships is akin to human ones: some turn out happily, others, on the contrary, are tragic.
It was the tragic fate that awaited the K-8 nuclear submarine. She was the third nuclear submarine built on the stocks of Severodvinsk. Entered the Navy in 1959.
45 years ago, on April 12, 1970, K-8 died in the Bay of Biscay. The death of the nuclear submarine and 52 crew members was the first loss of the Soviet nuclear fleet.
By that time, two American nuclear submarines, the Thresher and the Scorpion, were already lying on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 26, 1970, Captain 2nd Rank Vsevolod Borisovich Bessonov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the courage and bravery shown in the performance of military duty.
The entire team - both dead and living - was nominated for state awards. Officers and midshipmen, as well as all those killed - regardless of military rank They were awarded the Order of the Red Star, and the surviving sailors were awarded the Ushakov medal.
In the names of the commander of “K-8” V.B. Bessonov and the ship's doctor A.M. Nightingale, who gave his breathing apparatus to Petty Officer Yuri Ilchenko, who was operated on shortly before the fire, the streets of the village of Gremikha are named, and a monument was erected to the dead sailors. Name V.B. Bessonov assigned high school No. 1 Lgov, Kursk region. A monument to him was also erected there.
The USSR government refused to lift the boat, even after the Americans offered to provide services. There have never been any statements about her. They kept silent. That was the custom in those years. They only talked about good things, about victories. It was not customary to speak publicly about disasters and emergencies; only specialists knew about them and remained silent. At best, in the kitchens in a whisper.
The wives were informed about what had happened more than succinctly: “Your husband, while performing a combat mission, died and was buried at sea.” The political report to the Moscow authorities said: “The news of the death of husbands and fathers in families was received with understanding. The bitterness of loss is endured courageously. There are no wrong sentiments or statements among the residents of the village..."
SO MUCH CYNISM IN THESE LINES!
Minister of Defense Marshal of the Soviet Union A.A. Grechko met and talked with the K-8 crew who remained alive. The officers turned to the minister with a request to form the basis of a new crew for the submarine under construction. But the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral S.M. Lobov immediately reported that most of those rescued for medical reasons were not fit for service on submarines. The crew was disbanded. Widows were helped with housing and given 50-ruble pensions. That's where it all ended.
Currently, the nuclear submarine with four nuclear torpedoes on board rests at a depth of about 4680 m, 490 km northwest of Spain.
And only after the death of the Kursk, in October 2000, for the first time on television they showed a program about the death of the K-8, publishing data about the crew.
K-8 was laid down in the workshop of shipyard No. 402 in Molotovsk as a cruising submarine on September 9, 1957. On March 2, 1958 she was included in the lists of the USSR Navy.
Launched on May 31, 1959.
On October 13, 1960, a month and a half after the submarine was put into service, an accident occurred in the Barents Sea: a cooling circuit pipe ruptured in one of the reactors, resulting in a coolant leak. The crew was forced to switch to a backup cooling system to prevent a meltdown of the reactor core. However, there was a release of radioactive gas, as a result of which three crew members showed visible signs of acute radiation sickness; many crew members received doses from 1.8 to 2 Sieverts (180...200 rem).
Subsequently, before the major overhaul associated with the replacement of the steam generator at the Zvezdochka plant in August 1966 - July 1968, similar ruptures occurred twice more: on June 1, 1961, during combat training tasks. One person was discharged with an acute form of radiation sickness. Some of the personnel received various doses of radiation; On October 8, 1961, while practicing an attack by a group of ships at the Navy Championship, a leak from the steam generator re-opened.
The K-8 submarine, which was on combat duty in the Mediterranean Sea, was sent to the North Atlantic region to take part in the largest exercise in the history of the Soviet Navy, Ocean-70, in which the forces of all USSR fleets participated. Its task was to designate the “enemy’s” submarine forces breaking through to the shores of the Soviet Union. The start of the exercises was planned for April 14, the end - for the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin - April 22, 1970.
On the evening of April 8, 1970, when K-8 was north of the Azores, while surfacing from a depth of 160 meters under the periscope for a radio communication session, a fire broke out in the control room. Seeing that the flame was about to burst into the power plant post, the officers: V. G. Khaslavsky, A. S. Chudinov, A. V. Polikarpov, G. V. Shostakovsky and G. N. Chugunov tightly battened down the bulkheads, knowing that there will be no way out anymore. Dying, they managed to drown out nuclear reactors. The calculation of the power plant, at the cost of their lives, did the main thing - it prevented the possibility of a thermal explosion.
The submarine was left without power. Some of the personnel of the seventh compartment died from carbon monoxide asphyxiation. The rest managed to move to the adjacent aft compartments. The fire in the cable routes spread to several more compartments. The commander of the boat, Vsevolod Bessonov, decided to surface. And within six minutes the boat was on the surface.
A cargo ship passed by. A distress signal was sent. The ship described an arc around the boat, but, realizing that it was a nuclear boat, it moved away, disappearing over the horizon.
The crew continued to heroically fight the fire to the limit of their capabilities. In the central compartment they tried to extinguish the fire using the ship's fire extinguishing system, but were unable to do so. Some began to lose consciousness, then the commander decided to take people out of the central compartment onto the bridge and put out the fire by sealing the compartment.
By the morning of April 9, the aft hatch was torn off, the commander gave the order to bring personnel out onto the deck from the compartments where the fire was raging.
On the morning of April 10, another ship appeared on the horizon. Signal flares were fired again. The Bulgarian cargo ship Avior approached the boat in distress. A radiogram immediately went through Varna to Moscow.
The captain of the Bulgarian ship - a citizen of the USSR - Rem Smirnov, risking the ship and crew, being in a stormy area, fulfilled his duty.
The Bulgarian government itself determined the level of heroism of its sailors and the Soviet captain. Taking into account the secrecy and mystery of the events of April 1970 and the 100th anniversary of Lenin, by a separate closed resolution of the Presidium of the People's Assembly People's Republic Bulgaria Rem Smirnov was awarded the highest civil order “For Civil Valor and Merit”, 1st degree.
Rem Germanovich was proud of the award. Please note that the order book does not have a photograph. Instead it says “Valid without photo” or “Valid without photo”. This is what they did with those awarded according to “closed decrees.” And the Decree itself was timed to coincide with September 9, the Liberation Day of Bulgaria, in order to hide the connection with the events of April.
Rem Smirnov was also awarded the military medal “For Services to the Bulgarian People's Army. The Medal of Merit No. 1 also says something. But the captain’s merits were not properly appreciated in his homeland. But it’s not surprising.
Everything possible was sent to the disaster area. The ships were moving at full speed, but the distance was too great; from the nearest ship, the hydrographic vessel Khariton Laptev, to the boat in distress lay almost 470 miles.
By April 10, personal protective equipment was used up, the supply of high-pressure air was minimal, and seawater penetrated into the seventh and eighth compartments. The submarine was left without technical means of combating survivability and without means of maintaining buoyancy.
Meanwhile, the weather began to deteriorate sharply. The Bay of Biscay is a place notorious to sailors for its storms, which reach unprecedented strength here.
The crew also had to fight against the raging elements. By this time, the commander had already transported two large groups of submariners aboard the Avior by boats.
Repeatedly, the stern part of the boat was lowered into the water, the stern group of main ballast tanks was purged, and the appearance of being able to keep it afloat was created.
But it was no longer possible to save the boat. On the morning of April 12, US Navy patrol aircraft managed to discover only two oil slicks at the place where K-8 was struggling for life with all its might.
The search for people continued for several more days, but was unsuccessful.
List of dead K-8 crew members:
1. captain 2nd rank BESSONOV Vsevolod Borisovich;
2. captain 2nd rank TKACHEV Viktor Antonovich;
3. captain 3rd rank RUBEKO Vladimir Petrovich;
4. captain 3rd rank KHASLAVSKY Valentin Grigorievich;
5. Lieutenant Commander Igor Vladimirovich KUZNECHENKO;
6. Lieutenant Commander Anatoly Ivanovich LISIN;
7. Captain-Lieutenant POLIKARPOV Anatoly Vasilievich;
8. Captain-Lieutenant CHUDINOV Alexander Sergeevich;
9. Lieutenant Commander N.F. YASKO;
10. captain of m/s SOLOVEY Arseniy Methodievich;
11. senior lieutenant Gusev M.B.;
12. senior lieutenant LAVRINENKO Anatoly Nikolaevich;
13. senior lieutenant POLETAEV Yuri Petrovich;
14. senior lieutenant Gennady Nikolaevich CHUGUNOV;
15. senior lieutenant SHMAKOV Nikolai Vasilievich;
16. senior lieutenant SHOSTAKOVSKY Georgy Vasilievich;
17. Lieutenant Vladimir Aleksandrovich SHABANOV;
18. Lieutenant SHEVTSOV Vladimir Ivanovich;
19. midshipman BELESCHENKOV Anatoly Ivanovich;
20. Midshipman DEREVYANKO Leonid Nikolaevich;
21. midshipman ERMAKOVICH Pavel Stepanovich;
22. midshipman KULAKOV Viktor Grigorievich;
23. Midshipman MAEVSKY Viktor Ivanovich;
24. midshipman MARTYNOV Leonid Fedorovich;
25. Midshipman PETROV Evgeniy Aleksandrovich;
26. Midshipman USTENKO Alexey Antonovich;
27. chief petty officer Vyacheslav Ivanovich DOBRYNIN;
28. chief petty officer Vitaly Vasilievich LEONOV;
29. chief petty officer SAVONIK Vasily Vasilievich;
30. foreman 1 article BUSAREV Alexander Sergeevich;
31. foreman 1 article FYODOROV Evgeniy Grigorievich;
32. foreman 1st article CHEKMAREV Leonid Venediktovich;
33. foreman 2 articles GATAULLIN Rudolf Gataullinovich;
34. senior sailor ASTAKHOV Viktor Nikolaevich;
35. senior sailor BURTSEV Nikolay Stepanovich;
36. senior sailor INAMUKOV Bashir Ilyasovich;
37. senior sailor KIRIN Alexander Mikhailovich;
38. senior sailor KOLESNIKOV Valentin Aleksandrovich;
39. senior sailor KOMKOV Nikolai Alexandrovich;
40. senior sailor Anatoly Alexandrovich KULAKOV;
41. senior sailor MASHUTA Yuri Alekseevich;
42. senior sailor MISHCHENKO Viktor Mikhailovich;
43. senior sailor PANKOV Evgeniy Viktorovich;
44. senior sailor DEVIATKIN Viktor Nikolaevich;
45. sailor KOROVIN Nikolai Mikhailovich;
46. sailor KUZOVKOV Vyacheslav Ivanovich;
47. sailor KULSH Alexander Sergeevich;
48. sailor PECHERSKIKH Yuri Filatovich;
49. sailor SAMSONOV Evgeniy Alekseevich;
50. sailor FRESHER Konstantin Gustavovich;
51. sailor FROLOV Vladimir Fedorovich;
52. sailor SHISHAYEV Alexander Petrovich.
After the death of the nuclear-powered submarine, she continued to work for a long time state commission. She worked impartially and scrupulously, interviewing each of the rescued crew members, conducting many investigative experiments. And I came to the conclusion that the commander’s actions were competent, decisive and correct.
Looking back, you understand what could have happened if the sailors had not extinguished the reactors at the cost of their own lives. A catastrophe would have erupted, incomparable to either Hiroshima or Chernobyl.
It was a feat, but for the entire nuclear fleet and the families of the victims it was a tragedy. Apparently, fate decreed that these concepts are inextricably linked. And unfortunately, the Almighty takes only the best to Himself ahead of schedule...
The material was prepared by Guard Colonel A. V. Vovk.
Encyclopedia of the Russian submarine fleet
Part of the crew of the submarine K-8
Died 08-12.04.1970. when performing combat service tasks.
(52 people)
Eternal memory to the submariners who died in the line of duty for their Motherland!
1. Astakhov Viktor Nikolaevich, senior sailor
2. Bessonov Vsevolod Borisovich, captain 2nd rank, nuclear submarine commander
3. Beleshchenkov Anatoly Ivanovich, midshipman
4. Burtsev Nikolay Stepanovich, senior sailor
5. Busarev Alexander Sergeevich, foreman 1st class
6. Gataulin Rudolf Gataullinovich, foreman 2nd article
7. Gusev Mikhail Vasilievich, senior engineer-lieutenant, commander of the turbine group
8. Devyatkin Viktor Nikolaevich, sailor
9. Derevianko Leonid Nikolaevich, midshipman
10. Dobrynin Vyacheslav Ivanovich, chief petty officer
11. Ermakovich Pavel Stepanovich, midshipman
12. Inamukov Bashir Ilyasovich, senior sailor
13. Kirin Alexander Mikhailovich, senior sailor
14. Kolesnikov Valentin Aleksandrovich, senior sailor
15. Komkov Nikolay Alexandrovich, senior sailor
16. Korovin Nikolai Mikhailovich, sailor
17. Kulakov Anatoly Alexandrovich, senior sailor
18. Kuznechenko Igor Vladimirovich, engineer-captain-lieutenant, commander of the electrical and technical group, born in 1939.
19. Kuzovkov Vyacheslav Ivanovich, sailor
20. Kulakov Viktor Grigorievich, midshipman, senior SPS specialist, born in 1945.
21. Kulsh Alexander Sergeevich, sailor
22. Lavrinenko Anatoly Nikolaevich, senior lieutenant engineer, head of the RTS - commander of the warhead-4, born in 1944.
23. Leonov Vitaly Vasilievich, chief petty officer
24. Lisin Anatoly Ivanovich, engineer-captain-lieutenant
25. Mayevsky Viktor Ivanovich, midshipman
26. Mashuta Yuri Alekseevich, senior sailor
27. Mishchenko Viktor Mikhailovich, senior sailor
28. Martynov Leonid Fedorovich, midshipman
29. Pankov Evgeniy Viktorovich, senior sailor
30. Petrov Evgeniy Alexandrovich, midshipman
31. Polikarpov Anatoly Vasilievich, engineer-captain-lieutenant
32. Poletaev Yuri Petrovich, senior lieutenant
33. Pecherskikh Yuri Filatovich, sailor
34. Rubeko Vladimir Petrovich, engineer-captain 3rd rank, commander of the electrical and technical division
35. Savonik Vasily Vasilievich, chief petty officer
36. Samsonov Evgeniy Alekseevich, sailor
37. Solovey Arseniy Mefedovich, captain of the medical service, head of the medical service
38. Viktor Antonovich Tkachev, captain 2nd rank, senior assistant ship commander
39. Ustenko Alexey Antonovich, midshipman
40. Fedorov Evgeniy Grigorievich, foreman 1st article
41. Fresher Konstantin Gustavovich, sailor
42. Frolov Vladimir Fedorovich, sailor
43. Khaslavsky Valentin Grigorievich, engineer-captain 3rd rank, commander of the movement division
44. Chekmarev Leonid Venediktovich, foreman 1st article
45. Chugunov Gennady Nikolaevich, senior engineer-lieutenant, group commander remote control, born 1942
46. Chudinov Alexander Sergeevich, engineer captain-lieutenant
47. Shabanov Vladimir Alexandrovich, lieutenant
48. Shevtsov Vladimir Ivanovich, lieutenant engineer, commander of the remote control group, born in 1946.
49. Shishaev Alexander Petrovich, sailor
50. Shmakov Nikolay Petrovich, senior lieutenant, commander of warhead-1, born in 1945.
51. Shostakovsky Grigory Vasilievich, senior lieutenant engineer, commander of the automation and telemechanics group, born in 1944.
52. Yasko Nikolay Filippovich, engineer-captain-lieutenant
WHEN WORK BRINGS JOY
“Dear comrade midshipman,” Pavel Stepanovich Ermakovich read, “I’m already in my homeland, in Ulyanovsk. Got a job at a factory. Things are going well. True, mastering new equipment is not easy. But I try to overcome difficulties. I succeed in this. It succeeds because you have raised in me the qualities that are so necessary in life. Thank you very much for naval science, for helping me find the right path to life...”
The midshipman read the letter carefully again. Thought about it. He remembered a cheerful, energetic boy, former commander of the steering-signalman squad, petty officer 1st class Ilya Fedorov. How much he did for the team! Kept the equipment in perfect condition. When necessary, he could repair it himself. First-class specialist. He brought his department to excellent...
But at first he stumbled and was not confident in his work. Ermakovich had to work a lot with him in order to instill in the warrior a love of service and a sense of high responsibility for the assigned work.
By the way, many of his former students write to the midshipman. Everyone thanks him for the science and the work he put into their education. Some of them are now engineers, technicians, and prominent production workers. There are also those who have forever linked themselves with the sea, remained in long-term service, are studying or have graduated military school. Their letters are a great joy for the midshipman. In them he sees confirmation of his efforts, his work.
This broad-shouldered man with a good-natured look has been in the Navy for almost twenty years. He had to serve more at distant points. Then they offered to go to the boat. I agreed. And for the past six years he has been leading a team of steering signalmen. It took a year to get it to excellent grades. Since then, under his leadership, it has confidently maintained its achieved milestone.
To understand the reasons for success, it is necessary to talk about the midshipman in more detail. Pavel Stepanovich loves the North with its winds, blizzards, and loves his service.
He remained for long-term service without hesitation. And before that I received a short-term vacation. I went to my hometown of Grozny, where I worked before serving. A fragile, pretty girl, Raya, was waiting for him there. Her father died in the Great Patriotic War. She was serious and reasonable. At the same time, as it seemed to Pavel, indecisive, timid...
- How will his decision to stay in the Arctic be perceived? Will he understand? Will it withstand the harsh northern climate? - These questions haunted him. But everything turned out well.
“Since I decided so, I’ll be where you are,” she said.
And for many years now she has been sharing with him the joys, the bitterness of failures, and steadfastly enduring difficulties. Together with his daughters Alla and Lyuda, he is waiting for him from his hikes. A. Ermakovich often leaves the shore, his family and acquaintances. He leaves to pass on his wealth of experience to the “eagles of today.” He loves young people. She pays the main attention during hikes.
“It’s never easy to start,” he says. - that’s why it’s necessary to help newcomers. After all, the sooner they become operational, the better for the team, for the ship as a whole.
Take, for example, sailor Nikolai Makeev. He arrived on the ship recently. He has a lot of hard work and perseverance. Thanks to the help of the midshipman, I passed on independent management of the department in the shortest possible time.
...It was not an easy hike. The submariners practiced complex combat training tasks. The weather, as luck would have it, was unfavorable. It was stormy.
Makeev was on signal watch. The midshipman, watching his actions, was pleased. But the pitching intensified. The sailor's movements gradually became sluggish. Distraction appeared.
Pavel Stepanovich immediately realized that the elements were taking their toll. It would be possible, of course, to replace the sailor. Not every day and hour there are storms. There are more experienced sailors. But the midshipman knew that this was not a method of instilling in a warrior the necessary qualities of a submariner. The main thing is to immediately, from the first trips, instill in him that pitching can be defeated if desired. All you need is willpower and knowledge of some rules, the benefits of which the midshipman was convinced of from his own experience.
And so he advises Nikolai to stand more freely, to think only about the watch.
“And this also helps a lot,” he says, and gives Nikolai the roach. - Take it, take it.
Makeev thanks the midshipman with a glance. A smile appears on his face.
“He survived,” the team leader concluded to himself.
Yes, the sailor conquered weakness. After the shift, I still did a lot of tidying work at the manager’s office. The helmsmen and signalmen again coped with the task perfectly well. And this is a considerable merit of midshipman Ermakovich.
Trying to gain a deeper understanding of what makes a team successful? In response to my question, Ermakovich shrugs:
- It’s difficult to answer directly what exactly. After all, the success of a team consists of the correct, proactive actions of all team members. I try to do everything to ensure that every subordinate performs his duties perfectly. And that’s why I choose my own keys for everyone...
Indeed, the ability to find a way to the hearts of sailors and direct their efforts to solve common task, this demonstrates the commander’s ability; this, one might say, is the key to success in performing any combat training missions.
For example, senior sailor Boris Kirichenko is a very sensitive person. As soon as you give him an order in a raised tone, he will begin to get nervous, become absent-minded, and may make a mistake.
Pavel Stepanovich takes this into account. This does not mean that he is following the lead of his subordinate. Not at all. It just gives the sailor more independence. After all, Kirichenko is a first-class specialist. And the team leader has no reason not to trust him. He often consults with his subordinate and listens to his opinion if it is useful. In the last campaign, Kirichenko successfully replaced the absent squad commander and worked productively with newcomers.
Senior sailor Konstantin Kozlov is also a great specialist. A diligent guy. But sometimes he may forget to complete some errand. Or, having completed it, he will forget to report to the one who gave the order. Therefore, the midshipman has to control his actions and teach the sailor diligence and discipline.
The secret of success is that every trip to sea is preceded by a serious preparatory work. Helmsmen-signalers use everything free time for classes and training. They understand well that success does not come on its own. Achieving it requires hard work.
I watch the actions of the sailors. They practice keeping the submarine on course. Pavel Stepanovich marks the time. Kozlov and Kirichenko are doing well right away. Then he complicates the exercise. At the end, he analyzes their actions and points out their shortcomings.
Then Khakimov and Makeev work. They fit within the standard, but allow significant deviations of the ship from the course. The team leader shows how to hold the steering wheel so that the errors are minimal.
Finished classes and training. The soldiers are in a hurry to form up to proceed to the cockpit.
Pavel Stepanovich, having checked the order in the departments, remains satisfied. It also goes up. Goes along with the formation. I see how dear the people he serves with are. He does not separate himself from the team. Lives by his tasks and aspirations.
I'm thinking about what time will pass. His pets will be retired. Others will take their place. And again, the midshipman will pass on combat experience and will witness how the new “eaglets learn to fly.” Again he will be proud and happy for every confident step of the newcomer. Happy because his work is not in vain and produces good results.
Senior Lieutenant V. OSIPOV.
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