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The project of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS), dedicated to the search for ships that participated in the Tallinn breakthrough at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, has gained the international status, as specialists from Finland and the Baltic countries have joined the team. The organizers of the project were authorized to work in the Estonian waters of the Gulf of Finland, the members of the expedition began work on July 1, according to the RGO website.
The divers of the expedition will search for and identify the ships that perished during the Tallinn Breakthrough at the end of August 1941. The expedition members, in addition to Russians, included Finnish, Estonian and Latvian specialists. The researchers plan to conduct a series of dives to a depth of 100 meters.
They are going to study objects previously discovered by other researchers and related to the Tallinn breakthrough. The search for perished vessels is carried out with modern equipment, however, according to divers, only a dive can provide accurate information about the object lying at the bottom of the sea.
The project was launched in May, it is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Tallinn Breakthrough, during which the Germans sank more than 40 ships in a few hours.
Russkiy Mir
