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...alternate members of the Politburo also lost their posts: Vladimir I. Dolgikh and Pyotr N. Demichev...
Just 45 minutes after it got under way, the pleasure trip turned to disaster. The 41,000-ton Soviet freighter Pyotr Vasev suddenly loomed out of the darkness. The Admiral Nakhimov's deck officers warned it off by radio, but the big cargo ship bore down steadily and struck the starboard side of the passenger liner. "I was in my cabin when the blow came," said Chief Purser Victor Prosvirnev. "There was a power blackout. The emergency diesel generator came on, but in two or three minutes power failed again as the feeder switchboard was submerged...
Rescue efforts got under way immediately. The damaged Pyotr Vasev, which picked up the first survivors, was joined by coast guard launches, tugboats, helicopters, even rowboats. Stanislav Usanov, a motor-launch crewman, said "the people were often so weak that they could not hold on to the hands of the rescuers, so sailors risked their lives by jumping into the water...
...daily Izvestia quoted a cruise-ship seaman, identified only as "Helmsman Smirnov," as saying "We saw the bulk carrier in the distance. The duty officer started calling it by radio. We took its bearing and realized that the ship would cross our path. After a few moments came the Pyotr Vasev's answer: 'Don't worry. We shall steer clear of each other. We shall do what is needed.' " Yet the freighter failed to change course. Another newspaper report charged that the Admiral Nakhimov's captain was negligent. Both captains were arrested and are in custody pending the outcome...
...year war between Iran and Iraq, the Soviet Union has been Iraq's chief arms supplier. Last week Soviet ships for the first time became Iranian targets. As it steamed up the Persian Gulf, the Soviet freighter Pyotr Yemtsov was seized by Iranian gunships. The vessel was searched and released after 36 hours, when its cargo proved to be construction materials for Kuwait rather than supplies for Iraq. A second Soviet ship, the Tutov, was stopped briefly in the gulf and then allowed to continue...