 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Lyachin akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chaKaputeni 1st Rank muna 1996 uye akapiwa basa rekutungamira ngarava yehanzvadzi ye Voronezh, K-141 Kursk isina kunaka, yekupedzisira Project 949A submarine kuti ipedziswe, iyo yakanga yatumirwa makore maviri chete apfuura. Apo Kursk yakanyuramusi waAugust 12, 2000, Lyachin akafa pamwe chete navamwe vashandi 117. 