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In the lead-up to the Submariner Day Admiralty Shipyards JSC were visited by the cadets of the Military Navy Polytechnic Institute VUNC Navy "Military Marine Academy". The future marine engineers visited the workshops and the historical museum of the enterprise.

Admiralty Shipyards JSC has launched a large-scale preparation of workers with shipbuilding specialization. For the period of only two-three months young people would be able to learn the profession of a shipbuilder. The students will be provided with a substantial scholarship, career prospects and guaranteed jobs.

Admiralty Shipyards JSC has commenced the harbour trials of Project 636 large diesel-electric submarine “Volkhov”.

The traditional annual conference "Arctic Day at the Presidential Library" took place on 28th of February in Saint-Petersburg. During the event Admiralty Shipyards JSC informed of its realized projects devoted to exploration of the North.

The solemn meeting dedicated to the 76th anniversary of the complete break of the Nazi siege of Leningrad was held nearby the shipyards’ memorial to the defenders of the Motherland.

The solemn ceremony was participated by Alexander Buzakov, Director General of Admiralty Shipyards JSC, the participants of the Great Patriotic War, survivors of the Siege of Leningrad, veterans, representatives of various divisions of the shipyards, the trade union committee and the youth board of the enterprise.

Alexander Buzakov addressed the ceremony participants with the following words “Today’s meeting can be estimated as doubly significant, since the President of Russia declared the year of 2020 the Year of Memory and Glory to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. And it is the first one in the row of the events organized to mark the jubilee.” “900 days of the siege, during which Leningrad was isolated from the Big Land, will remain forever as a symbol of heroism and a part of the Admiralty Shipyards’ history.

We are proud of our veterans, try to bring the memory about their heroic deed to the next generations and honourably follow the traditions of hard work established by them. Today the Shipyards have a portfolio of orders up to 2027 and are among the leaders of the Russian shipbuilding industry. Dear veterans! Thank you for your heroic deed. Your courage, patriotism, fortitude and great love of life will be remembered as an example by the younger generations of the Admiralty Shipyards personnel.

During the war 8,000 workers of the Admiralty Shipyards left for the front-line, and 5,000 of them did not return from battlefields. Another 3,000 people died from hunger and cold in Leningrad. Even during the years of the siege, when 70% of the Shipyards workers were women and teenagers, the shipyards kept on building and repairing ships, submarines, armoured boats and release products, required for the front.

During this period the Shipyards built and handed over to the Navy 7 submarines, 20 armoured boats, 66 submarine chasers, 118 self-propelled scows, 300 ships and submarines were repaired. Thousands of mortars, mortar shells, artillery shells and other military equipment were produced.

Today the Veterans Council of Admiralty Shipyards JSC includes 15 participants of the Great Patriotic War, 37 survivors of the Siege of Leningrad awarded with medals “For defense of Leningrad” and 135 residents of Leningrad under Siege.

At Admiralty Shipyards JSC there was held an occupational orientation action for the educatees of Family Guidance & Assistance Centre No.15 of Saint-Petersburg arranged by the member of the RF State Duma Sergey Boyarskiy and timed to the International Day of Education.

At Admiralty Shipyards JSC took place a solemn ceremony of launching large diesel-electric submarine "Volkhov" Project 636 for the Russian Navy.