"Red October - which is named after a Russian submarine featured in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt For Red October" Is the BBC sure that the Russians named the

"Red October - which is named after a Russian submarine featured in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt For Red October" Is the BBC sure that the Russians named the attack after an American novel named after a very important month in Russian history, and not that the Russians didn't just name the attack after a very important month in Russian history? I know a few Russians who have seen The Hunt for Red October, and they said they couldn't stop laughing at Sean Connery trying to speak in Russian. I don't think they take Tom Clancy as seriously as we do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_October http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_October edit -- Appears I was totally wrong on my assumption. See varjag's comment below.