Gennady Lyachin
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'''Gennady Petrovich Lyachin''' ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Петрович Лячин}}; 1 January 1955 – 12 August 2000) was a Russian navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the Russian submarine [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|''Kursk'']] when the vessel suffered a series of explosions and [[Kursk submarine disaster|sank]] on 12 August 2000. |
'''Gennady Petrovich Lyachin''' ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Петрович Лячин}}; 1 January 1955 – 12 August 2000) was a Russian navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the Russian submarine [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|''Kursk'']] when the vessel suffered a series of explosions and [[Kursk submarine disaster|sank]] on 12 August 2000. |
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==Biography== |
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Lyachin was born in [[Sarpinsky]] in [[Volgograd Oblast]]. He entered the Navy in 1972 and graduated from the [[Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation]] named for Lenin Komsomol in 1977 and was commissioned as an officer. He served as a weapons officer aboard the diesel-electric [[Juliett class submarine|''Juliett'' class]] cruise missile submarine [[Soviet submarine K-58|K-58]]. From 1984 to 1986, as Captain 3rd Rank, he served as the executive officer of the [[Soviet submarine K-77|K-77]], also a ''Juliett'' Class. In 1986 he attended [[Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy]] during which time he was promoted to Captain 2nd Rank. |
Lyachin was born in [[Sarpinsky]] in [[Volgograd Oblast]]. He entered the Navy in 1972 and graduated from the [[Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation]] named for Lenin Komsomol in 1977 and was commissioned as an officer. He served as a weapons officer aboard the diesel-electric [[Juliett class submarine|''Juliett'' class]] cruise missile submarine [[Soviet submarine K-58|K-58]]. From 1984 to 1986, as Captain 3rd Rank, he served as the executive officer of the [[Soviet submarine K-77|K-77]], also a ''Juliett'' Class. In 1986 he attended [[Higher Special Officer Classes of the Navy]] during which time he was promoted to Captain 2nd Rank. |
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