Kursk
Sunken Russian vessel
Kursk is a Russian city and region southwest of Moscow, near the Ukrainian border.
The 1943 Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, a turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.
In 2000, the Russian submarine *Kursk* sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 crew members—a disaster that drew international attention.
Combat between armored vehicles
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- salientNotably prominent
- pincer movementTwo-pronged tactical encirclement
encirclement · counteroffensive · Model · Tigers · T-34 · artillery · turning point · Eastern Front
Maritime armed forces of Russia
- nuclear submarineReactor-driven underwater warship
- crewWorking team aboard
- sinkingFalling through water
- disasterSudden ruinous event
tragedy · investigation · memorial · Putin · salvage operation · hull breach · compartments · distress signals
Zone along a boundary
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- territorial controlAuthority over a region
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- frontlineCombat's forward position
incursion · breakthrough · military operation · combat · strategic · defensive positions · evacuation · civilians
Slavic administrative territory
- regional capitalAdministrative center of region
- industrial centerProduction-focused urban area
- railway junctionPoint where tracks connect
- iron oreExtractable metallic mineral deposit
agriculture · sugar beets · sunflowers · manufacturing · cathedral · Red Square · triumphal arch · provincial
tank battle
Combat between armored vehicles
pincer movement · encirclement · counteroffensive · Model · Tigers · T-34 · artillery · turning point · Eastern Front · defensive lines
Russian Navy
Maritime armed forces of Russia
- nuclear submarineReactor-driven underwater warship
- crewWorking team aboard
- sinkingFalling through water
disaster · tragedy · investigation · memorial · Putin · salvage operation · hull breach · compartments · distress signals
border region
Zone along a boundary
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- territorial controlAuthority over a region
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
frontline · incursion · breakthrough · military operation · combat · strategic · defensive positions · evacuation · civilians · cross-border
oblast
Slavic administrative territory
- regional capitalAdministrative center of region
- industrial centerProduction-focused urban area
- railway junctionPoint where tracks connect
iron ore · agriculture · sugar beets · sunflowers · manufacturing · cathedral · Red Square · triumphal arch · provincial · Soviet era
- German WarfareOperation Barbarossa, Eastern Front, Western Front, Battle of Stalingrad, Afrika Korps
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- armor warfaretanks, armored vehicles, armored divisions, armored units, armored combat