''Rossiya'' (russian: Россия; literally:

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

) is a Russian ''Arktika''-class

nuclear-powered Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced b ...

icebreaker An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ...

. In 1990, it became the first ship to carry commercial passenger traffic to the geographic North Pole. Its sister ship ''Arktika'' was the first surface ship to reach the pole. During the winter of 2012–2013, ''Rossiya'' was stationed in the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...

.Venäjä lähettää jättikokoisen atomimurtajan Suomenlahdelle
Tekniikka & Talous, 29 November 2012. According to Bellona, ''Rossiya'' was taken out of service in 2013 and is currently in "cold lay-up" awaiting disposal.Russia prepares to dismantle first nuclear icebreaker ever
Bellona, 14 November 2016.

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Arktika-class icebreakers 1985 ships Ships built at the Baltic Shipyard {{ship-stub