Hull number TK-208 was the lead vessel of the Soviet third generation Project 941 Akula class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) of ballistic missile submarines.

In June 2002, now serving in the Russian Navy, TK-208 finally left the Severodvinsk dry dock.

The third stage of the missile failed, and it was visible in Norway making a glowing spiral in the sky.

[3] On 7 October 2010, the submarine launched another Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea.

[citation needed] The submarine was reported active as of 2020 and had been upgraded to carry the RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile.

Her last reported activity was taking part in sea trials of the submarine Krasnoyarsk in September 2022.