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Tragic sinking of Admiral Nakhimov passenger ferry

The tragic sinking of the passenger ferry Admiral Nakhimov occurred on August 31, 1986, 13 km away from Novorossiysk. The incident became one of the biggest marine disasters in Soviet history. Admiral Nakhimov collided with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Tsemes Bay. The passenger liner sank in just eight minutes after toppling on the right side. The wreckage caused 423 deaths. In the photo: a meeting of the Government commission on eliminating the aftermath of the Admiral Nakhimov cruiseship sinking. Center standing: Heydar Aliyev, Chair of the Government Commission, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the USSR Communist Party, First Deputy Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers, and members of the commission during the incident investigation.

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Tragic sinking of Admiral Nakhimov passenger ferry

The tragic sinking of the passenger ferry Admiral Nakhimov occurred on August 31, 1986, 13 km away from Novorossiysk. The incident became one of the biggest marine disasters in Soviet history. Admiral Nakhimov collided with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Tsemes Bay. The passenger liner sank in just eight minutes after toppling on the right side. The wreckage caused 423 deaths. In the photo: Ametist divers N. Morgalev, center, and Yevgeny Matyukhin prepare for a dive to search for missing people.

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Tragic sinking of Admiral Nakhimov passenger ferry

The tragic sinking of the passenger ferry Admiral Nakhimov occurred on August 31, 1986, 13 km away from Novorossiysk. The incident became one of the biggest marine disasters in Soviet history. Admiral Nakhimov collided with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Tsemes Bay. The passenger liner sank in just eight minutes after toppling on the right side. The wreckage caused 423 deaths. In the photo: Anesthesiologist of Novorossiysk First City Hospital Nikolai Aitov with rescued passenger Zinaida Marchuk from Odessa.

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Tragic sinking of Admiral Nakhimov passenger ferry

The tragic sinking of the passenger ferry Admiral Nakhimov occurred on August 31, 1986, 13 km away from Novorossiysk. The incident became one of the biggest marine disasters in Soviet history. Admiral Nakhimov collided with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Tsemes Bay. The passenger liner sank in just eight minutes after toppling on the right side. The wreckage caused 423 deaths. In the photo: the rescue vessels Ametist and Gepard, the diving vessels Vodolaz-2 and Vodolaz Lesnichy and the Sevastopolets floating crane in the zone of the search and rescue operation.

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Delegation of Ghanian Legislative Assembly's visits USSR

A delegation of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Ghana visits the USSR at the invitation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, headed by the Minister of Economy Kojo Botsio, far right. Members of the delegation during the visit to the Exhibition of the remains of the U-2 American spy plane, shot down in May 1960 near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). In the center is the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana to the Soviet Union John Banks Elliott. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure in Moscow.

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