This list includes all known Russian government owned/operated vessels subordinated to civilian (non-naval) agencies of the government. Only vessels over 500 tons displacement are included. Non-self-propelled craft and non-seagoing vessels are not included.
Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in italics. Navigation and surface-search radars are not listed. All classifications are purely unofficial and are based on an attempt to use standard classifications throughout all navies; they may or may not correspond to "official" designations.
This list identifies those units believed to remain operational, but most of these units are unable to deploy for the reasons cited above. Ships in refit are listed only when there is a reasonable chance of them returning to service. Ships laid up pending refit generally are listed, as they could return to service if funding became available.
Many ships, especially auxiliaries, have been operating in commercial or charter freight or passenger service to raise operating funds. These are listed as active units, as they could rapidly return to naval roles if required.
Fleets: The following abbreviations are used to indicate fleet
assignements:
NOR: Northern Fleet, headquarters at Severomorsk.
PAC: Pacific Fleet, headquarters at Vladivostok.
BLK: Black Sea Fleet, headquarters at Sevastopol.
BALT: Baltic Sea Fleet, headquarters at Kaliningrad.
CASP: Caspian Flotilla.
RIV: Units assigned to service on inland rivers.
Concept/Program: Large, highly capable icebreakers intended for service in heavy polar ice conditions. Are the world's most powerful icebreakers; all units have been to the North Pole at least once. Have lavish accommodations and have been used as polar cruise ships in recent years. The final unit is being built to a modified design, with accommodations for 100 passengers, but construction has stalled.
Builders: Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Arktika and Sibir' have been laid up since 1992, reportedly due to severe hull deterioration; they probably will not return to service.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Rossiya | 1985 | NOR | ||
| Sovetskiy Soyuz | 1990 | NOR | ||
| Yamal | 1992 | NOR | ||
| 50 Let Pobedy | suspended |
Concept/Program: Russia's most powerful non-nuclear icebreakers.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Kapitan Makarov scrapped 1995.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Yermak | 1974 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Krasin | 1976 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Very large icebreakers intended for service in Arctic estuaries and other shallow areas. Russia's largest icebreakers, by displacement. Can break 1.8 meter/5.9 foot ice continuously.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland/completed by Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Taymyr | 1989 | NOR | ||
| Vaygach | 1990 | NOR |
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refitted with an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for work in shallow coastal waters. Fitted for towing and salvage.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan Sorokin | 1977 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Non-nuclear icebreakers for work in shallow coastal waters. Capable of breaking 1.4 meter/4.6 foot ice continuously; fitted for towing and salvage. Class leadship has been modified with a new bow and is listed separately, above.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan Nikolayev | 1978 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Kapitan Dranitsyn | 1980 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Kapitan Khlebnikov | 1981 | PAC | Vladivostok |
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refitted with an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for operations in shallow, protected seas; can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Mudyug | 1982 | NOR | Arkhangel'sk |
Concept/Program: Smaller icebreakers intended for operations in shallow, protected seas; can break .5 meter/1.6 foot ice. Class leadship has been modified with a new bow and is listed separately, above.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Magadan | 1982 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Dikson | 1983 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers; this class and variants are or were operated by several Soviet/Russian agencies and several foreign nations. Often used as ocean tugs in the summer.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters discarded 1990's.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Khariton Laptev | 1962 | PAC | Vanino | |
| Yerofey Khabarov | 1963 | |||
| Ivan Kruzhenshtern | 1964 | BALT | St. Petersburg | |
| Yuriy Lisyanskiy | 1965 | BALT | St. Petersburg | |
| Ivan Moskvitin | 1971 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Semen Dezhnev | 1971 | BALT | St. Petersburg |
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan Yevdokimov | 1983 | |||
| Kapitan Babichev | 1983 | |||
| Kapitan Borodkin | 1983 | |||
| Kapitan Chudinov | 1983 | |||
| Kapitan Evdokimov | 1983 | |||
| Avraamiy Zavenyagin | 1984 | |||
| Kapitan Metsayk | 1984 | |||
| Kapitan Demidov | 1984 | |||
| Kapitan Moshkin | 1986 |
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers. Can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan Chechkin | 1977 | |||
| Kapitan Plakhin | 1977 | |||
| Kapitan Bukayev | 1978 | |||
| Kapitan Chadayev | 1978 | |||
| Kapitan Krutov | 1978 | |||
| Kapitan Zarubin | 1978 |
Concept/Program: Intended for service on inland rivers and seas. Fitted for towing, salvage and firefighting. Kapitan A. Radzhabov may have been transferred to Azerbaijan.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan M. Izmaylov | 1976 | CASP | Astrakhan | |
| Kapitan A. Radzhabov | 1976 | |||
| Kapitan Kosolabov | 1976 | AZOV | Mariupol |
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking tugs intended to support the fishing fleets in northern seas. Equipped for firefighting, salvage, ocean towing, and repair duties.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Stroptivyy | 1979 | |||
| Stakhanovets | 1980 | |||
| Sibirskiy | 1980 | |||
| Spravedlivyy | 1982 | |||
| Suvorovets | 1982 | |||
| Fobos | 1983 | |||
| Deymos | 1983 |
Concept/Program: Research drillships built for the Arctic Complex Marine Geology Expedition of the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Bavenit | 1986 | |||
| Bakerit | 1986 |
Concept/Program: Research ships built the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project. Ice strengthened hulls.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.
Disposals/Reserve: 5 other units have been sold or placed on long-term charter.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Shatskiy | 1986 | |||
| Akademik Sel'skiy | 1986 | |||
| Akademik Lazarev | 1986 | |||
| Akademik Kreps | 1989 |
Concept/Program: Modified versions of the Shuleykin class weather ships, built for the Ministry of the Gas Industry as seismic survey/research ships. A sister serves the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Golitsyn | 1984 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Professor Polshkov | 1984 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Japanese-built research ship fitted with a drilling tower; no other details known. Has been employed in commercial cargo service in recent years.
Builders: Fukushima Zosen, Matsue, Japan.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Trias | 1984 | PAC |
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as geophysical resarch drillships for the Ministry of the Gas Industry, for service in the Baltic. A sister serves the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Diorit | 1983 | BALT | Kaliningrad | |
| Diabaz | 1983 | BALT | Kaliningrad |
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ships built for shallow water work in support of the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project.
Builders: Stocznia Wisla, Gdansk, Poland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Iskatek'-2 | 1986 | |||
| Iskatek'-3 | 1987 | |||
| Iskatek'-4 | 1988 |
Concept/Program: Built for the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Savonlinna, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Fedinskiy to Azerbaijan.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Professor Ryabinkin | 1989 | CASP |
Concept/Program: A standard commercial icebreaking passenger/cargo ship formerly used by the Arctic and Antarctic Institute as a resupply ship; now assigned to the Hydrometeorological Service.
Builders: Kherson SY, Ukraine.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Mikhail Somov | 1975 |
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting ships; resemble small cruise ships in design. Two sisters assigned to the Academy of Sciences. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Korolev | 196? | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Akademik Shirskov | 196? | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Akademik Vernadskiy | 196? | BLK | Sevastopol | |
| Professor Vize | 196? |
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting/research ships built for the Hydromet Service. Are now largely employed in carrying commercial cargoes.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland. Built 1969-1970.
Disposals/Reserve: Six sisters and near-sisters are now in Ukranian commercial service.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Okean | PAC | Vladivostok | ||
| Priboy | PAC | Vladivostok | ||
| Priliv | PAC | Vladivostok |
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers modified as weather reporting ships for the Hydromet Service.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Georgiy Sedov | 1965 | |||
| Petr Pakhtusov | 1966 |
Concept/Program: Hydrometeorological Service-operated versions of a widely-used research/survey ship class; outfitted for weather research/reporting duties.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Vesvlod Berezkin | 1975 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Dalnziye Zelentsy | 1978 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Valerian Uryvayev | 1988 | PAC |
Concept/Program: Small coastal cargo ships intended for resupply of remote stations and for weather reporting duties.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Vasily Lominadze to Azerbaijan.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Vadim Popov | 1986 | PAC | ||
| Viktor Buynitskiy | 1986 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Pavel Gordienko | 1987 | PAC | ||
| Igor Maksimov | 1987 | PAC | ||
| Ivan Petrov | 1988 | PAC |
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; resemble small cruise ships in design. Four sisters are weather reporting ships for the Hydromet Service. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Kurchatov | BALT | |||
| Dmitriy Mendeleyev | PAC | Vladivostok |
Concept/Program: Large, well-equipped survey ships designed for worldwide seafloor survey work. Carry small submersibles.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Vityaz' | 1981 | BLK | Novorossiysk | |
| Adademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov | 1982 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Adademik Aleksandr Vinogradov | 1983 | PAC | Vladivostok |
Concept/Program: Large general-purpose oceanographic research ship built for the Academy of Sciences; carries two research submersibles.
Builders: Hollming SY, Rauma, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Adademik Mstislav Keldysh | 1980 | BALT | Kaliningrad |
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships built for the Institute for Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences. 5th and 6th units apparently cancelled or never ordered.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Boris Petrov | 1984 | |||
| Akademik M.A. Lavrent'yev | 1984 | |||
| Akademik Nikolay Strakhov | 1985 | |||
| Akademik Oparin | 1985 |
Concept/Program: Weather reporting ships built for the Academy of Sciences.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Shuleykin | 1982 | BALT | St. Petersburg | |
| Professor Pavel Molchanov | 1982 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Akademik Shokalskiy | 1982 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Professor Khromov | 1983 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Professor Mul'tanovskiy | 1983 | BALT | St. Petersburg |
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built by Finland as war reparations. Now used by the Institute of Earth Magentism, Ionoshpheric and Radio Wave Propagation of the Academy of Sciences. Two sisters survive in other roles; see below.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Zarya | 1952 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Modified version of the Shuleykin class weather ships, outfitted as a seismic survey/research ship for the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Geolog Dmitriy Nalyvkin | 1985 | NOR | Murmansk |
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawler modified as geophysical resarch drillships for the Ministry of Geology. Sisters serve the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Poligon | 1989 |
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ship operated by the Ministry of Geology. Can lay a four point moor.
Builders: unknown, Vladivostok.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Geolog Primor'ye | 1983 | PAC | Nakhodka |
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as oceanographic research ships, carrying small manned submersibles.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
Disposals/Reserve: Gidrooptik taken over by Georgia.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Rift | 1982 | |||
| Gidronavt | 1983 |
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking cargo ship built for the Arctic and Antarctic Institute to support installations in the Antarctic. Can break 1.8 meter/5.9 foot ice.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Fedorov | 1987 |
Concept/Program: Converted from Vytegrales class timber carriers. Operated by the Navy until transferred to the Ministry of Space in 1995. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Construction and conversion by Severnaya Verf 190, St. Petersburg, Russia.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kosmonavt Pavel Belyayev | 1963/77 | |||
| Kosmonavt Vladislav Volkov | 1964/77 | |||
| Kosmonavt Viktor Patseyev | 1968/78 | |||
| Kosmonavt Georgiy Dobrovolskiy | 1968/78 |
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; both have operated in commercial cruiseship service since 1994.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Akademik Sergei Vavilov | 1988 | |||
| Akademik Ioffe | 1989 |
Concept/Program: Converted from sternhaul factory trawlers while under construction. Employed in various research roles, and vary greatly in equipment and appearance. "Geolog" named units are probably subordinated to the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Chernomorskiy SY, Nikolayev, Ukraine.
Disposals/Reserve: Geolog Petr Antropov sold 1995.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| XVII Syezd Profsoyuzov | 1982 | |||
| Morskoy Geolog | 1983 | PAC | ||
| Akademik Aleksander Karpinskiy | 1984 | |||
| Akademik Aleksander Sidorenko | 1985 | |||
| Geolog Fersman | 1986 | |||
| Sevmorgeologiya | 1989 | |||
| Gelendzhik | 1990 | |||
| Professor Logachev | 1991 | |||
| Yuzhmorgeologiya | 1992 |
Concept/Program: General-purpose survey ships, subordinated to the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet, Academy of Sciences, and Hydromet Service.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku/Abo, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Four sisters to Ukraine upon the breakup of the USSR.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Dmitriy Laptev | 1970 | |||
| Dmitriy Ovtsyn | 1970 | |||
| Dmitri Sterlevgov | 1971 | |||
| Eduard Toll | 1972 | |||
| Nikolay Kolomeytsev | 1972 | |||
| Nikolay Yevgenov | 1974 | |||
| Vladimir Sukhtskiy | 1974 | |||
| Fyodor Matisen | 1976 | |||
| Professor Bogorov | 1976 | |||
| Georgiy Maksomov | 1977 | |||
| Ivan Kireyev | 1977 | |||
| Pavel Bashmakov | 1977 | |||
| Yakov Smirnitskiy | 1977 | |||
| Professor Shtokman | 1979 |
Concept/Program: Small survey ships built for use along arctic coasts and rivers; resemble buoy tenders. At least two have been employed in carrying commercial cargoes in recent years.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma/Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Aleksey Maryshev | 1991 | |||
| Petr Kottsov | 1991 | |||
| Grigoriy Mikheyev | 1991 |
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships employed in various roles by the Arctic and Antarctic Institute and the Academy of Science. Sisters serve the Hydromet Service.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters transferred to other nations upon the breakup of the USSR.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Poisk | 1974 | PAC | ||
| Morskoy Geofizik | 1975 | PAC | ||
| Vulkanolog | 1976 | PAC | ||
| Iskatel' | 1977 | PAC | ||
| Vyacheslav Frolov | 1979 | PAC | ||
| Vladimir Obruchev | 1984 | PAC | ||
| Issledovatel' | 1988 | CASP | ||
| Professor Gagarinskiy | 1989 | PAC | ||
| Chayvo | 1982 | PAC | ||
| Elm | 1982 | CASP | ||
| Geofizikh | 1983 | PAC | ||
| Kern | 1991 | NOR | Murmansk | |
| Impuls | 1992 | PAC | ||
| Kapitan Prikhodko | 1995 | PAC |
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built by Finland as war reparations. Now used by the Northern Branch of the Russian Geophysical Society. Two sisters survive in other roles.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Polyarnyy Odissey | 1950 | NOR |
Concept/Program: Former T-43 minesweeper converted to an acoustical monitoring ship, then to a research ship. Subordinated to the A.N. Krylov Research Institute.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kapitan V.N. Aktylov | BLK |
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailing ship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher Marine Engineering College. Largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Sedov | 1921/46 | BALT | Kaliningrad |
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailing ship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher Marine Engineering College. Second-largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kruzenshtern | 1926/46 |
Concept/Program: Group of four relatively modern sail training vessels; three masted full-rigged ships.
Builders: Stocznia Gdansk, Poland. Built late 1980's.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Mir | 1987 | BALT | St. Petersburg | |
| Pallada | 1989 | PAC | Vladivostok | |
| Druzhba | ||||
| Nadezhda |
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built by Finland as war reparations. Now used by the St. Petersburg Higher Engineering Marine College as a training ship. Two sisters survive in other roles.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
| Name | Year | FLT | Homeport | Notes |
| Kodor | 195? | BALT | St. Petersburg |