Editing Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) (section)

== Construction ==
[[File:Oscar II class SSGN.svg|left|thumb|300px|Silhouette of an Oscar-II class submarine]]
K-141 ''Kursk'' was a Project 949A class ''Antey'' ({{langx|ru|Aнтей, meaning [[Antaeus]]}}) submarine of the [[Oscar-class submarine|Oscar class]], known as the Oscar II by its [[NATO reporting name]], and was the penultimate submarine of the Oscar II class designed and approved in the [[Soviet Union]]. Construction began in 1990 at the [[Soviet Navy]] military shipyards in [[Severodvinsk]], near [[Arkhangelsk]], in the northern [[Russian SFSR]]. During the construction of K-141, the [[Soviet Union collapse]]d; work continued, and she became one of the first naval vessels completed after the collapse. In 1993 K-141 was named ''Kursk'' after the [[Battle of Kursk]]<ref name="tass1">{{Cite news|title="Курск": 15 лет со дня гибели|url=http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/2178843|work=ТАСС|access-date=2017-08-26|language=ru}}</ref> in the 50-year anniversary of this battle. K-141 was inherited by [[Russia]] and launched in 1994, before being commissioned by the [[Russian Navy]] on 30 December, as part of the [[Russian Northern Fleet]].<ref name=potts/>

''Kursk'' was assigned to the [[home port]] of [[Vidyayevo]], [[Murmansk Oblast]].