page_title: Project 22220 icebreaker
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Project 22220 icebreaker / Construction
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Строящийся атомный ледокол «Сибирь» (проекта 22220). Балтийский завод, г. Санкт-ПетербургEnglish: Sibir under construction (project 22220). Baltiyskiy Zavod, Saint Petersburg
context_page_description: Project 22220, also known through the Russian type size series designation LK-60Ya, is a series of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers. As of 2020, three vessels have been launched at Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, fourth has been laid down, and fifth is on order. Project 22220 icebreakers are currently the largest and most powerful icebreakers launched, surpassing their predecessors of the Arktika class.
context_section_description: The construction of the first Project 22220 icebreaker began with a steel cutting ceremony on 1 November 2012. The keel of the lead ship of the class was laid on the slipway on 5 November 2013 and the vessel was launched on 16 June 2016. The vessel was named Arktika (Russian: Арктика, tr. Arctic, IPA: [ˈarktʲɪkə]) after the first surface ship to reach the North Pole that was in service in 1975–2008. While initially scheduled for delivery by December 2017, the construction of the lead Project 22220 icebreaker has fallen behind schedule due to problems related to the delivery of domestically-sourced components. Arktika began the first stage of sea trials in Gulf of Finland under diesel power on 12 December 2019 and returned to Saint Petersburg two days later. The final phase of sea trials, during which the vessel will be tested under nuclear power, commenced on 23 June.
  The keel of the second Project 22220 icebreaker (which the Russians refer to as the "first serial ship" of the class) was laid on 26 May 2015. The icebreaker was launched as Sibir (Russian: Сибирь, tr. Siberia) on 22 September 2017. Previously, the name had been used on the second Arktika-class icebreaker that was in service in 1977–1992. As with the lead ship, the problems with equipment delivery have postponed the delivery of the vessel from 2018 to 2021.
  The keel-laying ceremony of the third ("second serial") Project 22220 icebreaker was held on 25 July 2016 shortly after the partially-assembled hull of Sibir had been moved down the slipway for final hull assembly. The vessel was launched on 27 May 2019 as Ural (Russian: Урал). The name had previously been selected for the final Arktika-class icebreaker when it was laid down in 1989, but during the construction the vessel was renamed 50 Let Pobedy (Russian: 50 лет Победы, tr. 50 Years of Victory). The delivery of the vessel, initially scheduled for 2020, has been postponed to 2022.
  Steel cutting for the fourth ("third serial") Project 22220 icebreaker began in late 2019 and the keel was laid on 26 May 2020. The vessel will be named Yakutiya (Russian: Якутия).
  As of July 2020, the production of the fifth ("fourth serial") Project 22220 icebreaker, Chukotka (Russian: Чукотка) has not begun. The keel laying is scheduled for 2021.
caption: Sibir under construction at Baltic Shipyard, December 2018
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