Atomic Might: Russia Toasts Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker Fleet
The world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker, “Lenin”, which is also considered the first nuclear-powered civilian ship in the world, was built in the Soviet Union and officially entered into service on December 3, 1959.That date marked the beginning of the Soviet/Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet, the most numerous and potent of its kind on the planet.