Namesake Joseph Stalin Renamed Sibir, c.1956 Launched 14 August 1937 | In service 1938 Fate Broken up, 1973 Length 107 m | |
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Name I. Stalin (1938–1956)
Sibir (1956–1973) Builder Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | ||
The Sibir (built 1938 as I. Stalin) was the first Soviet icebreaker built at a domestic shipyard.
Owing to many delays, it took over two years to finish. It was built at the Ordzhonikidze Yard in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) between 1937 and 1938.
The I. Stalin was the biggest icebreaker of the Soviet fleet at that time. In 1938 it reached the Arctic in its first expedition.
The I. Stalin, freed the icebreaker Sedov on January 18, 1940 between Greenland and Svalbard after it had been drifting as a scientific Soviet polar station for a long time.
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