The message reads, in part:

“Igor Spassky was an outstanding scientist, a genuine patriot and enthusiast. His unique personal contribution to the development of scientific, technical and engineering ideas, strengthening of the national Navy, ensuring the defence capability and national security, deserves most sincere recognition.”

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Igor Spassky, an outstanding designer of nuclear submarines and longtime head of the Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering, passed away at the age of 98.

Igor Spassky is a winner of the Lenin Prize and the State Prize of the USSR, the State Prize of the Russian Federation; he was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor and Hero of the Russian Federation.

Over 200 nuclear and diesel-electric submarines, including strategic nuclear submarine cruisers and nuclear-powered underwater missile cruisers, have been built as per the designs created under Igor Spassky’s guidance.