Kuznia na Rybalskomu ( uk, "Кузня на Рибальському") is a

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and

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company in

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. Situated on the

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and presently concentrating on river ships, the company is also able to produce and repair small sea vessels (both civil and

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), as well as various military equipment. Kuznia na Rybalskomu was indirectly controlled by Ukrainian businessman and politician

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

and politician

Ihor Kononenko Ihor Vitaliiovych Kononenko ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Кононенко; born 21 August 1965) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian businessman and politician. Kononenko is a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (8th convocation) since November 2014, fi ...

as of 2017. In 2018, the company was bought by

Serhiy Tihipko Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko ( uk, Сергій Леонідович Тiгiпко; born 13 February 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who was Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subse ...

for $300 million. The main production facilities of the company have been situated on the Rybalskyi Island in Kyiv since 1928. The shipyard specializes in shipbuilding, ship machines building, and propeller production.Bart Finzel and Jelena Kmezic, ''Privatization of Ukrainian Shipyards'' (2002), Catholic University of Brussels, 11th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP) In the field of shipbuilding, the plant specializes in building medium fishing vessels, industrial ships and vessels of technical fleet, self-propelled and non-self-propelled barges. Machine building includes steam and hot-water automated boiler units, plate freezing apparatuses, and incinerators. Propeller production includes controllable-pitch propeller (CPP), blades, and lines of shafting.

History

It was founded in 1862 by production engineer Fyodor Gregorevich Donat as a Joint Stock Company in the Russian Empire. It was mainly a mechanical plant and made different metal structures. For a short period of time (1889-1924), the plant was named "Kiev Machine-Building Plant" and in 1924, it was renamed to ''Leninska Kuznia''. In 1928, by the Decree of Supreme Soviet Union ''Leninska Kuznia'' was made into a shipyard. During the Soviet period the LK shipyard also was known as the Ship-building Factory SSZ #302. In 1995, the company completed a change in ownership and open-type joint Stock Company was set up named ''Leninska Kuznia Plant''. The machine building sector still constitutes a high percentage in general scope of production. In 2017 the plant changed its name to Kuznia na Rybalskomu (the Smithy on the Fishers' sland.

After 2014

On January 30, 2015, it was announced that the plant had started production of two new armored vehicles: Tryton (literally

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) and Arbalet (literally

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) in accordance to

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standards. On November 10, 2015, the plant finished the first two Gyurza-M-class artillery boats for the Ukrainian Navy, which were later named "Ackerman" and "Berdyansk". In June 2017, the plant finished artillery boats of Gyurza-M-class for the Ukrainian Navy, which were named "Vyshhorod", "Kremenchuk", "Lubny" and "Nikopol".

Production

Gyurza-M-class artillery boat The Project 58155 Gyurza-M class is a series of small armored gunboats in service with the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznia) shipbuilding plant in October 2012. Original ...

Grisha-class corvette The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 ''Al'batros'', are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used onl ...

** Grisha I (5 vessels) *** MPK-52/U-210 "Kherson" built in 1968-71, transferred to Ukraine in 1997, decommissioned in 1997 *** MPK-31 built in 1969-73, decommissioned in 1995 *** MPK-127 built in 1974-76 *** MPK-6 laid down in 1976, status uncertain *** MPK-44 "Komsomolets Latvii"/F11 "Zemaitis" laid down in 1977, transferred to Lithuania in 1992, delisted in 2008 ** Grisha III (11 vessels) *** MPK-134 (MPK-64) "Kievskiy komsomolets"/"Muromets" built in 1980-82, renamed in 1992 *** MPK-118 "Komsomolets Moldavii"/"Suzdalets" built in 1981-83, renamed in 1992 *** MPK-139 built in 1982-84 *** MPK-190 built in 1983-85 *** MPK-199 "Komsomolets Armenii"/"Kasimov" built in 1984-85, renamed in 1992 *** MPK-202 laid down in 1985, status uncertain *** MPK-113 laid down in 1985, status uncertain *** MPK-207 "Povorino" built in 1986-88 *** MPK-217 "Eisk" built in 1987-89 *** MPK-125 (MPK-214) "Leninskaya Kuznitsa"/"Sovetskaya Gavan" built in 1987-90, renamed in 1992 *** MPK-82 built in 1989-91 ** Grisha V (4 vessels, project 1124 MU by LK for Ukraine) *** U205 "Lutsk" built in 1992-93, captured by Russia in 2014 *** U209 "Ternopil" built in 1991-02, captured by Russia in 2014 *** U201 "Lviv" laid down in 1992, never finished *** "Zaporizka Sich" planned, never realized

Gallery

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File:Kirkenes 2013 06 10 3450 (10413340143).jpg, Project 502EM, fishing vessel File:Затон2.JPG, 1499-class

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vessel

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