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Sibir (1977 icebreaker)

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Name
  
Sibir

Operator
  
Murmansk Shipping

Laid down
  
26 June 1974

Launched
  
1977

Owner
  
FGUP Atomflot

Yard number
  
701

Construction started
  
26 June 1974

Builder
  
Baltic Shipyard

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Port of registry
  
1977–1992 Murmansk,  Soviet Union 1992 onwards Murmansk,  Russia

Sibir (Russian: Сибирь), built 1977, is a retired Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Arktika class. She is the only icebreaker of her class that does not feature a red superstructure.

She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.

She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4096 tonnes.

References

Sibir (1977 icebreaker) Wikipedia