The Komsomolets Nuclear Submarine Memorial Society (Russian: Общество памяти атомной подводной лодки ВМФ Комсомолец), literally Society Remembering Atomic Underwater Boat VMF Komsomolets is a charitable non-profit organization providing assistance to the families of Soviet and Russian submariners lost at sea.
As of 2005[update], 31 fathers and mothers, 37 widows, and about 26 children survive those casualties.
founded a charitable society to support the widows and orphans of his former command, Soviet submarine K-278 Komosomlets.
The Russian government has compensated families of Kursk sailors with at least US$32,000 and a free house in any town in Russia.
This sum is orders of magnitude more generous than that provided to the dependents of any other Soviet or Russian submarine disaster, so the Society reserves its limited funds for those with the greatest need.