Having spoke to Igor Kurdin myself and questioned him on the subject of K219 he has stated she was not involved with a collision, its been a very long time since i have read the book so i cant recall it off my head.
What i do know is Igor and the submarine veterans club successfully claimed damages against the film maker for the portrayal of Captain Britanov and his crew.
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An article on the U.S. Navy's website posted by Captain 1st Rank (Ret.) Igor Kurdin (former XO of K-219) and Lieutenant Commander Wayne Grasdock denied any collision between K-219 and Augusta. Captain Britanov also denies a collision, and he has stated that he was not asked to be a guest speaker at Russian functions, because he refuses to follow the Russian government's interpretation of the K-219 incident.
In a BBC interview recorded in February 2013, Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Chernavin, the C-in-C of the Soviet Navy at the time of the K-219 incident, says the accident was caused by a malfunction in a missile tube, and makes no mention of a collision with an American submarine. The interview was conducted for the BBC2 series The Silent War.
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