icebreaker Lenin

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Icebreaker Lenin was a pioneering Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker that played a key role in opening and maintaining Arctic sea routes.

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instanceOf Arctic icebreaker
Soviet ship
nuclear-powered icebreaker
accidents experienced nuclear-related incidents during service
beam 27.6 meters (approximate)
builder Admiralty Shipyard
Baltic Shipyard
class Polar Icebreaker
surface form: Lenin-class icebreaker
commissioned 1959
conversion museum ship
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crewSize about 240
currentUse tourist attraction
decommissioned 1989
displacement 16000 tons (approximate)
flag Soviet Union
homePort Murmansk
hullMaterial steel
laidDown 1956
launchDate 1957
length 134 meters (approximate)
maximumSpeed 18 knots (approximate)
museumLocation Murmansk
namedAfter Vladimir Lenin
notableAchievement first nuclear-powered civilian vessel
first nuclear-powered surface ship
operator Murmansk Shipping Company
Soviet Union
ownership Soviet government
portOfRegistry Murmansk
powerplant nuclear reactor
pressurized water reactor
primaryRole escorting ships along Arctic sea routes
icebreaking
propulsion steam turbines
three shafts
reactorCount 2 (after refit)
3 (original configuration)
reactorType OK-150
OK-900
roleInHistory pioneered regular nuclear-powered navigation in the Arctic
serviceArea Arctic Ocean
Northern Sea Route region
surface form: Northern Sea Route
shipType icebreaker
status museum ship
retired
successor nuclear icebreaker Arktika
surface form: NS Arktika
usedFor maintaining Northern Sea Route navigation
supporting Arctic shipping and supply

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Soviet Arctic expeditions notableVessel icebreaker Lenin