The keel of the Lenin was laid on July 17, 1956, at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg,

The Lenin, the world's first nuclear icebreaker, symbolizes Russia's Arctic legacy today. This historic vessel served for thirty years along the Northern Sea Route. Russia now…

The keel of the Lenin was laid on July 17, 1956, at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg,