YERMAK (AGB) class

 2 YERMAK-class ICEBREAKERS (AGB)

 Name          In Service         Status

 YERMAK        July 4, 1974       Active
 KRASIN        April 28, 1976     Active

These are Russia's most powerful conventional icebreakers. They are fitted with a helicopter deck for one Helix-D (Ka-32) helicopter.

Both are active and are subordinated to the Ministry of Merchant Marine. YERMAK is operated by the Far Eastern Shipbuilding Co., Vladivostok, and KRASIN by Murmansk Shipping Co., Murmansk....