The submarine was
laid down on 22 February 1989 at
Sevmash,
Severodvinsk.
Launched on 14 April 1989 and
commissioned on 29 December 1989. On 27 January 1992, the Naval Flag was solemnly raised, the date of 27 January was approved as the annual holiday of the crew. On 29 January 1992, consecrated according to the
Orthodox rite as a cleric of the St. Elias Cathedral in the mountains.
Arkhangelsk by Archpriest Vladimir. From 31 January 1992 to 2 February 1992, completed the transition to a permanent base in b. Yagelnaya GB. Pollock. On 11 February 1992, included in the 24th Submarine Division of the 3rd Flpl SF. On 3 June 1992, he was reclassified as a
nuclear-powered submarine. On 16 August 1993, during the commissioning of the power plant, due to erroneous actions of the personnel, the safety automatic devices of the steam generators were triggered. From November 1993 to January 1994, she completed the tasks of the 1st combat service. From 5 December 1995 to 20 February 1996 completed the tasks of the 2nd combat service with the crew of
K-317 Pantera under the command of Captain 1st Rank S.V. Spravtsev in the Mediterranean Sea, during which she provided long-range anti-submarine escort of an aircraft carrier multipurpose group led by the
aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov. At the same time, long-term tracking of several
NATO submarines, including the American
Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, was carried out. On 10 September 1998, on board the
K-157 Vepr under the control of the crew of the K-461
Volk an emergency occurred. When the boat was in
Gadzhievo, 19-year-old sailor Alexander Kuzminykh, in a state of mental breakdown, armed with an
AKS74U machine gun, shot 8 colleagues and locked himself in the torpedo compartment, threatening to detonate the ammunition. At the same time, he supplied gas from the LOH system to the adjacent compartment. Ultimately, during the negotiations, due to the impossibility of voluntary surrender, the sailor was eliminated by
FSB specialists. Between May 2005 and December 2006, she underwent a medium repair at Sevmash shipyard. Since 14 August 2014, the submarine is undergoing medium repair and deep modernization at the
Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center. Her overhaul and modernization are expected to be finished in 2028. == In fiction ==