Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker ‘Ural’

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘200 РУБЛЕЙ’ (200 RUBLES), and the year ‘2022 г.’ (2022).

Reverse

the mirror field of the disc features relief images of the nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Ural’, rubble ice and stars; on the right at the top, there is an image of the nautical scale; at the bottom, along the rim, there is an inscription: ‘АТОМНЫЙ ЛЕДОКОЛЬНЫЙ ФЛОТ’ (NUCLEAR ICEBREAKER FLEET).

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse), L.A. Evdokimova (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 252 corrugations.

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On 25 May 2019, the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg held a ceremony to mark the launch of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural of Project 22220.

Unlike Arktika and Sibir, the other nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220, the Ural, the second serial universal nuclear icebreaker, was launched with the already installed twin-reactor power plant and a steam turbine RITM-200, a new generation reactor plant. Its technical parameters make it possible to extend the endurance of a nuclear icebreaker without recharging up to 7 years or longer.

Universal nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220 are designed for:

• independent pilotage of ships, leading convoys of vessels all year round in the Western Arctic region;
• icebreaker escorting of vessels in shallower areas of the Yenisei estuary and the Ob Bay area;
• towing of ships and other floating facilities in ice and ice-free waters;
• assisting in the navigation of ships and performing rescue operations in ice conditions and ice-free waters.

The unique dual-draft design of the vessels will allow them to navigate both in Arctic waters and in the estuaries of polar rivers. They are to play the central role in the project for the implementation of year-round navigation through the Northern Sea Route.

Source: https://www.rosatom.ru