Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin (right) and German Titov (left) visiting submariners of the USSR Black Sea Fleet, 1961.Igor Snegirev/Sputnik
Submariners doing morning exercises on the deck of a submarine, 1967.K. Kulichenko/Sputnik
Nuclear submarine ‘50 Years of the USSR’ out on a mission, 1973.Mikhail Kuchtarev/Sputnik
Senior Mate of the ship's commander, Master of Sports in Naval All-Around Events A. Dudchenko during kettlebell exercises, 1991.Valery Zufarov, Dmitry Teleorov/TASS
Granit-class nuclear submarine off the coast of Kamchatka, 1999.Sergei Lopatkin/TASS
Nuclear submarine ‘Kursk’ stationed in Murmansk Region, 1999.Aleksander Raube/TASS
Diesel submarine ‘Alrosa’ of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 2013.Aleksey Pavlishak/TASS
Russian Navy sailors at the ceremonial launch of submarine ‘Magadan’ at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, 2021.Aleksey Danichev/Sputnik
Naval parade in honor of Navy Day in Vladivostok, 2024.Maria Smityuk/TASS
Transfer of submarine ‘Yakutsk’ to the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg, 2025Valentin Yegorshin/TASS