"Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from a city located on which peninsula ?
MS Vereshchagino MV "Vereshchagino" is a Ukrainian, former Soviet medium trawler (seiner to be exact), built in 1978 and later converted to coastal passenger shipping. It was one of 345 ships of "Vasily Yakovenko" (project 502EM) class, which was built in Kiev from 1971 to 2000. On April 24, 2000, "Vereshchagino" survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from Sevastopol. There were no fatalities, one seaman was wounded by splinters.
1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake was a 9.0 M earthquake that struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The earthquake triggered a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR, on 5 November 1952 at about 5 a.m. This led to the destruction of many settlements in Sakhalin Oblast and Kamchatka Oblast, while the main impact struck the town of Severo-Kurilsk.