Vladimir Sadilenko

Vladimir Sadilenko (right), father of the dead commander of the 8th turbine compartment, from the sank "Kursk" (on August 12, 2000) lieutenant commander Sergey Sadilenko and officer of the reserved crew of the nuclear submarine "Kursk", the 3rd rank captain Sergey Kravtsov, watch the unloading the grave with the body of Sergey Sadilenko from the train Moscow-Simferopol on the Zaporizhia Railway Station on Sunday, November 5, 2000. On the very same day the grave was transported to Zaporizhia and sent to village Balochki, Zaporizhska oblast, where Sadilenko lived. According to the head of the group which accompanied the grave Sergey Kravtsov, the body of Sadilenko was found in the 9th compartment. The latter confirms that at the moment of catastrophe Sadilenko was alive. Photo by Egor Sapronov/ UNIAN