New Nuclear Icebreaker "Stalingrad" Laid Down at Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg

16:09; 18 November 2025 year

A solemn ceremony marking the laying of the keel for the universal nuclear icebreaker "Stalingrad" took place at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the event as significant not only for shipbuilding but also as a tribute to the heroic defenders of the hero city. The event was attended via video link by Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev, United Shipbuilding Corporation head Andrey Puchkov, Minister of Industry Anton Alikhanov, and Governor of Volgograd Region Andrey Bocharov. The central symbolic moment was the handover of a capsule containing soil from Mamayev Kurgan by World War II veteran Pavel Vinokurov to the head of Rosatom. The capsule will be stored on board the icebreaker, linking its name with the memory of the great battle. "Stalingrad" will become the sixth serial icebreaker in Project 22220, the flagship series of the Russian nuclear fleet. The nuclear-powered icebreaker, measuring 173.3 meters in length, has a power output of 60 MW and is capable of breaking through ice up to 3 meters thick. The "Stalingrad" will be equipped with a new-generation "Ritm-200" reactor. The first four icebreakers in the series — "Arktika", "Sibir", "Ural", and "Yakutia" — are already operating on the Northern Sea Route. Construction of two more icebreakers continues at the Baltic Shipyard.

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