TAYMYR (AGBN) class

 2 TAYMYR-class NUCLEAR-PROPELLED ICEBREAKERS (AGBN)

 Name        Launched        Commissioned       Status

 TAYMYR      April 10, 1987   Aug. 18, 1989      Active
 VAYGACH     Feb. 26, 1988    July 15, 1990      Active

This class was built for and is operated by the Ministry of Merchant Marine, and the vessels are civilian-manned. The TAYMYR class is a relatively new class of nuclear-propelled icebreakers; the reactor plants were installed at the Baltic Shipyard in...