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Sasha, the son of Alexander and Irina, died in 1992. "His name was Sasha, like his grandfather. He graduated from the Institute of Civilian Aviation [as] an Electro-Engineer. He worked in the atomic department. That is probably how he got sick. I wouldn't let him go to the Naval Academy. If his father was still alive, he probably would have. I lost my husband and was afraid to lose my son."
Irina has never remarried. This photo shows a loving mother and devoted wife, who has not wavered from her commitment to the memory of her family.
Thirty-one years after the loss of the K-129, the Russian Navy honored the dead of the K-129 by awarding posthumous medals.
From left: A man behind, wearing glasses and grey suit. Igor Orechov, son of the K-129's Chief Engineer, Captain Third Rank, Nikolai Orechov. A man on the front left, wearing a uniform, the Chief of Saint-Petersburg Submariners Club, Captain First Rank, retired, Igor Kirillovich Kurdin. Woman in dark suit and glasses. Irina Georgievna Zhuravina. Woman with flowers, Natalia Pikulik, daughter of navigator Nikolai Pikulik. Woman with yellow flowers, Tamara Orekhova, Nikolai Orechov's widow, and her sister Lidia (lady in red)
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