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Kursk, Battle of
Kursk, Battle of (5–15 July 1943) A fierce tank battle between the Red Army and German invasion forces around Kursk in the central European Soviet Union. Hitler had ordered the elimination of the important railway junction of Kursk. Under Field-Marshal Walter Model he concentrated 2700 tanks and assault guns on the city, supported by over 1000 aircraft. They were confronted by Marshal
ZHUKOV's Tank Army, backed by five infantry armies. Many of the large German tanks were mined and others became stuck in the mud. The Russians had more guns, tanks, and aircraft, and when they counter-attacked, the Germans were forced to retreat, losing some 70,000 men, 1500 tanks, and 1000 aircraft. The battle ensured that the German army would never regain the initiative on the Eastern Front.
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Submariner: Kursk crew were doomed from start.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...the salvage work aboard Russia's sunken Kursk nuclear submarine nears its end, naval...s polit.sib.ru Web site that the Kursk may have easily been hit by another Russian...Americans or the British could not approach the Kursk without being noticed, they'd by all...
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Raising the Kursk.(submarine refloating)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...new resting place. The Russian submarine Kursk, sunk with all hands aboard August 12...The salvage operation, as planned by the Kursk Foundation, a Belgium-based umbrella...work that will lead to the raising of the Kursk. The operation is rife with hazards...
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SUBMARINER: KURSK CREW WERE DOOMED FROM START
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...International 10-02-2001 Submariner: Kursk crew were doomed from start MOSCOW, Oct...the salvage work aboard Russia's sunken Kursk nuclear submarine nears its end, naval...s polit.sib.ru Web site that the Kursk may have easily been hit by another Russian...
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Defending the Kursk, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 8/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...operation to salvage the nuclear submarine Kursk, which sunk a year ago, is rapidly proceeding...presumed Western intruders near the sunken Kursk. No explanation has been provided by the...explanation for why the attempt to salvage the Kursk has been speeded up so dramatically. The...
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Kursk Sub Wreck Is Brought to Dock
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press Writer AP Online 10-09-2001 Kursk Sub Wreck Is Brought to Dock MURMANSK, Russia (AP) -- The disfigured wreck of the Kursk nuclear submarine was hauled toward dock...environment. A Dutch consortium raised the Kursk on Monday, more than a year after the...
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Final moments of Kursk likely cataclysmic.(National International)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 8/27/2000; 700+ words
; ...snapping in the breeze, the nuclear submarine Kursk glided silently out to sea, a symbol of Russian...headed into the Barents Sea for maneuvers, the Kursk's crew expected to be home in a few days. The Kursk was named after the region in southern Russia...
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Torpedo Eyed in Kursk Disaster
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...fuel may have sent the nuclear submarine Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea, the...stopped short of saying that sinking of the Kursk in August 2000 was caused by a flaw in...of another vessel's presence near the Kursk at the time it sank, the Interfax and...
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Crews Pull 45 Bodies From Kursk
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...10-29-2001 Crews Pull 45 Bodies From Kursk MOSCOW (AP) -- Investigators examining the wreckage of the Kursk nuclear submarine have removed two cruise...survivors of the explosions that sank the Kursk remained alive for hours, said prosecution...
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What sank the Kursk?
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 8/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...highlight was to be a torpedo volley from the Kursk, one of Russia's most formidable modern...Gennady Lyachin made what would be the Kursk's last radio contact, requesting permission...the reply "Dobro" ("Good"). The Kursk was never heard from again. The submarine...
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Bodies of Kursk Sailors Sent Home
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/28/2001; ; 620 words
; ...Writer AP Online 10-28-2001 Bodies of Kursk Sailors Sent Home MOSCOW (AP) -- The sailors aboard the Kursk could not have been at fault for the explosions...said ballistics experts were examining the Kursk to see whether it could have come in contact...
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Kursk Submarine Disaster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
KURSK SUBMARINE DISASTER On Saturday, August 12...nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine Kursk (K-141), one of Russia's most modern...Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea. The Kursk sank just after its commander, Captain First...
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Kursk, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
KURSK, BATTLE OF The Battle of Kursk (July 5 – August 23, 1943) resulted in the Soviet defeat...Army's summer offensive to destroy Red Army forces defending the Kursk salient, and the Red Army's Operations Kutuzov and Rumyantsev...
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Kursk, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Kursk, battle of. In the Soviet view, Kursk was the decisive turning-point of the German–Soviet...x2009;km. (75 mi.) deep in the front around Kursk, an important rail junction some 800 km. (500...
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Kursk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kursk , city (1989 pop. 424,000), capital of Kursk region, W European Russia, at the confluence of the Tuskor...and synthetic fiber plants. A large iron deposit, the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, is south of the city. First noted in...
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Rutskoi, Alexander Vladimirovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...of the Russian Federation, governor of Kursk Oblast, general-major of aviation...ran for and won the post of governor of Kursk Oblast in October 1996 and served in that...s criticism of the president during the Kursk disaster. See also: afghanistan, relations...
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