I would still expect them to keep some part of the boat, symbolically

that is true too, but many are burried in moscow most of the families are living in st petersburg fair old commute is that.

They kept other submarine stuff from other heroic submarine crews which is why im asking why dont they just save the sail for a monument even in murmansk or gadzhieo.

The kursk was flag ship of the entire northern fleet submarine division she deserves that atleast and so do her crew.

If the Kursk were an American sub there would be various family and veterans organizations contacting their elected representatives demanding that they do something like that.

Wouldn't that also work in Russia?

Probably because the Russian government doesn't view it so much as a memorial to heroism, but rather a vivid reminder of their negligence for everyone to gawk at. Which is too bad.

PD

Under putin russia sort of went back to its old communist days so no one speaks out even now dont forget the fathers and monthers are of the soviet generation to question the ability of thier own government is beyond them for the simple fact they can remember a time not so long ago speaking out ment a trip east never to be seen again seeing as the government had a very uncanny way of making people "dissapear"