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LOCATION: St. Petersburg
Address: 203 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki, St. Petersburg 190008
Telephone: 812-114-8863
Fax: 812-311-1371
E-mail: admship@telegraph.spb.ru 
["'Admiralteyskiye verfi,' GUP," Internord Kompass Web Site, http://ship.internord.ru/base/anketa.php3?aid=117788.] {Entered 9/10/2001 EF}
SUBORDINATION: Russian Shipbuilding Agency
[Russian Government Decree No. 878, Voprosy Rossiyskogo agentstva po sudostroyeniyu, 30 July 1999; in The Legislation in Russia, http://law.optima.ru.{Updated 2/10/2000 CC}
ADMINISTRATION:
General Director: Vladimir Leonidovich Aleksandrov
Commercial Director: Yegor V. Kozlov
[US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Directory of Russian Defense Enterprises of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblasts, online edition, http://iepnt1.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/defense/9607spd1.html, June 1996.]  {Entered 1/28/99  HA}
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES: One
[List of Research Reactors, Critical and Subcritical Assemblies Supervised by Gosatomnadzor, 13 July 1992.]
ACTIVITIES:
Also known as Admiralty-Sudomekh,United Admiralty, and Leningradskoye Admiralteyskoye obedineniye (LAO),[1] the Admiralteyskiye Verfi Shipyard is a former nuclear submarine production facility, formerly Shipyards 194 and 196,[2,3] or Shipbuilding Plant 196.[4]  The facility produced a total of 39 submarines [2,3]  and consists of two side-by-side shipyards in St. Petersburg, where production included Victor II/IIIs and Alfas, as well as diesel submarines.[5] The shipyard built a line of Varshavyanka [NATO name 'Kilo'] submarines for the Indian and Chinese Navies. Among other commercial vessels, its surface ship facilities have produced icebreakers and floating dry docks. The Admiralteyskiye Verfi Shipyard is a joint stock company.[1]
Sources:
[1] US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Directory of Russian Defense Enterprises of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblasts, online edition, http://iepnt1.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/defense/9607spd1.html, June 1996.  {Entered 1/28/99  HA}
[2] Valery Marinin, "Nuclear Submarine Construction in Russia," Military Parade, March-April 1995, pp. 114-119.
[3] Oleg Bukharin and Joshua Handler, "Russian Nuclear-Powered Submarine Decommissioning," Science and Global Security, Vol. 5, 1995, p. 251.
[4] Anatoly Kuteinikov, "Malachite: 50 Years with the Navy," Military Parade, May-June 1998, pp. 72-73.
[5] Robin Lee, "Ongoing Naval Construction Programs," State of the Russian Navy Data Page, http://www.webcom.com/~amraam/build.html#shipyards. {updated 12/9/98  HA}
 
ADMIRALTEYSKIYE VERFI DEVELOPMENTS:
 
6/12/2002: CHINA TO BUY EIGHT KILO-CLASS SUBMARINES FROM RUSSIA
Russian sources have said that China intends to buy eight Vashavyanka-class [NATO name 'Kilo'] submarines from Russia. The deal is reportedly worth $1.6 billion, and all the boats are to delivered within five years. Preliminary reports have five of the boats scheduled to be built at Admiralteyskiye Verfi, two at Amurskiy Zavod, and one at Krasnoye Sormovo. Krasnoye Sormovo has already completed two-thirds of the hull of the first ship. The purchase of these submarines calls into question the future of the the Chinese Song-class submarine program.
[Nikolai Novichkov, "China's Russian Kilo buy may put Song submarine future in doubt," Jane's Defence Weekly, www.janes.com, 12 June 2002.] {Entered on 7/23/2002 TM}

11/1/2001: ADMIRALTEYSKIYE VERFI COMPLETES INDIAN SUBMARINE
On 1 November 2001, Admiralteyskiye Verfi transferred a second Varshavyanka-class [NATO name 'Kilo'] diesel submarine to the Indian Navy; the first submarine was handed over in late August 2001. The two vessels have been undergoing repairs and upgrades at the St. Petersburg shipyard since May 1999. For more information on the upgrades, see the 5/28/2001 entry in this section.
[Intefax, 2 November 2001; in "Russian Firm Hands over Submarine to India Following Repairs," FBIS Document CEP20011102000374.] {Entered 1/24/2002 EF}
 
5/28/2001: ADMIRALTEYSKIYE VERFI COMPLETES UPGRADES ON INDIAN KILO-CLASS SUBMARINE
On 28 May 2001, ITAR-TASS reported that Admiralteyskiye Verfi had completed upgrading an Indian Varshavyanka [NATO name 'Kilo'] class diesel submarine. The submarine will enter the testing stage in June 2001 and will be returned to India in late summer 2001.[1] In 1999, two Indian Varshavyanka-class submarines were sent to Admiralteyskiye Verfi for overhaul, which included the installation of Club-S cruise missiles [NATO name SS-NX-27 'Alfa'].[2]
Sources:
[1] Nikolay Novichkov, "Podvodnaya lodka dlya indiyskikh VMS modernizirovana na zavode 'Admiralteyskiye verfi'," ITAR-TASS, 28 May 2001; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru.
[2] A.D. Baker III, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2000-2001: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute, 2000), CD-ROM version. {Entered 10/3/2001 EF}
 
12/18/2000: ADMIRALTEYSKIYE VERFI BUILT THREE OIL TANKERS FOR LUKOIL
In 2000, Admiralteyskiye Verfi built and sold three ice-breaking tankers (Kaliningrad, Magas and Astrakhan) to the LUKOIL Arctic Tanker company. Two more oil tankers were put into production in summer 2000. Experts estimate the cost of each tanker at around $30 million.[1,2] The shipyard and the Murmansk Shipping Company also reached a preliminary agreement regarding the manufacture of three oil transfer ships for use at terminals in the Ob River mouth.[3] 
Sources:
[1] Agenstvo voyennykh novostey, 18 December 2000; in "St. Petersburg Shipyard Hands Over Five Vessels to Customers in 2000," FBIS Document CEP20001218000218.
[2] "GUP 'Admiralteyskiye verfi' sdalo NK 'LUKOYL' tretiy arkticheskiy tanker," Neftegazovaya vertikal, 22 January 2001; in IA Intertek; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru.
[3] "Zavod 'Admiralteyskiye verfi' uspeshno nakhodit zakazchikov na stroitelstvo tankerov ledovogo klassa," Agenstvo voyennykh novostey, 14 November 2000; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru. {Entered 4/5/2001 EF}
 
12/15/2000: FOURTH-GENERATION SUBMARINE HULL COMPLETED AT ADMIRALTEYSKIYE VERFI
In November 2000, Admiralteyskiye Verfi completed construction of the inner hull of the Sankt Peterburg -- the first fourth-generation diesel submarine of the Project 677 Lada [export designation 'Amur'] class. The submarine is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2001.[1,2] The new submarine has a maximum speed of 21 knots, can travel up to 650 nautical miles while submerged, and can stay at sea up to 45 days.[3] Among its weapon systems will be Club-S missiles [NATO designation SS-NX-27 'Alfa']. The shipyard was able to finance construction of the submarine without any state funding: all the money came from its commercial activities, such as manufacturing oil tankers for LUKOIL. The shipyard has already started construction of the second submarine of this class for export. In all, the shipyard plans to sell from four to six submarines abroad, possibly to China or India.[2] 
Sources:
[1] "St. Petersburg Shipyard Hands Over Five Vessels to Customers in 2000," Agenstvo voyennykh novostey, 18 December 2000; in "International Political, Domestic Political, International Economic," FBIS Document CEP20001218000218.
[2] Viktor Matveyev, "'Amur' na dengi neftyanikov," Vremya novostey, No. 187, 15 December 2000; in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru. 
[3] "Submarines of 'Amur' Type," Rubin Web Site, http://www.ckb-rubin.com/Amur.htm.{Entered 4/5/2001 EF}          

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