The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a naval diesel-electric attack submarine that is made in Russia. The original version of the vessels were designated Project 877Paltus (Halibut) in the Soviet Union.
Project 677 or Lada class is the new advanced class of diesel-electric attack submarine designed by the Russian Rubin Design Bureau. A program to develop a "fourth generation" diesel-electric submarine, it aimed to produce a highly improved version of the Project 636 Kilo class with much quieter, new combat systems, and possibly air-independent propulsion.
The Steregushchiy class, Russian designation Project 20380, is the newest class of corvettes being built for the Russian Navy. Designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, subsequent vessels were built to an improved design, incorporating the Poliment-Redut SAM system. The ship full displacement and dimensions are large for a corvette, thus it is designated as a frigate by NATO. The Steregushchiy class has been further developed into the Gremyashchiy class and Project 20386 subclasses. The export variant is known as Project 20382 Tigr.
The Yasen class, Russian designation Project 885 Yasen, also known erroneously as the Graney class, is a series of newest Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarines. Based on the Akula class and the Alfa class, it is projected to replace Russia's Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines, both the Akula class and Oscar class submarines.
The Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates, also known as Project 22350, is the newest class of frigates being built for the Russian Navy. The frigates incorporate the stealth technology and were designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau, Saint Petersburg. The lead ship of the class was named after Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Gorshkov.
The Buyan class of corvettes is a heavily armed gunboat designed for littoral operations in the Caspian Sea by the Russian Federation Navy. Designed by Zelenodolsk Design Bureau and built by Almaz shipyard facilities in St. Petersburg, Russia, the first ship of her class, Astrakhan (017), was commissioned on 1 September 2006, and assigned to the Caspian Flotilla.
The Admiral Grigorovich classis the latest class of frigates ordered by the Russian Navy for the Black Sea Fleet. Six ships have been ordered so far to be built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad.
The Aleksandrit-class minesweeper is a new Russian minesweeper class being constructed for the Russian Navy. The first ship was laid down on 22 September 2011 and was launched in June 2014. A total of 40 ships are planned to be constructed.
The Purga class are a group of icebreaker Patrol ships operated by the Russian Coast Guard. The Project 22120 patrol ship Purga is a new generation border patrol vessel. It was built as a big revenue cutter. Vessel has ice strengthening, providing independent navigation in a rarefied one-year ice thickness up to 0.6 m in winter and spring to navigate and up to 0.8 m thick in summer and autumn navigation.
The Gremyashchiy class, Russian designation Project 20385, is an advanced development of the Steregushchiy-class corvettes of the Russian Navy. This follow-on project was designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau in Saint Petersburg. The first ship was laid down on 26 May 2011 and the official laying down ceremony took place on 1 February 2012.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the Russian Navy struggled to adjust Cold War force structures while suffering severely with insufficient maintenance and a lack of funding. However, improvements in the Russian economy over the last decade have seen a significant rise in defence expenditure and an increase in the numbers of ships under construction with a focus on blue-water vessels.
The counter sabotage Project 21980 is a class of boats of water region patrol, designed for the Russian Navy. Project 21980 is designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces and means in the waters off bases and near the approaches to them, as well as to assist the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in solving the problems of preservation and protection of the state border of Russia. Seventeen boats were built in 2009-2019.
PO More Shipyard is a shipyard located in Feodosia, Crimea.
The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt, is a new missile corvette class under construction for the Russian Navy. The term каракурт, translit. karakurt literally means Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, the European black widow spider.
Project 20386 is a new corvette class being constructed for the Russian Navy. Based on the Steregushchiy class, the new ships will be larger and include stealth technology. The lead ship of the class was laid down on 28 October 2016 and is expected to enter service after 2020. There are plans to build a series of at least 10 such corvettes.
Project 23550 patrol ships is a class of heavily-armed icebreaking patrol ships with two vessels currently under construction for the Russian Navy at Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Two ships have been ordered from the Admiralty Shipyard in 2016. The ships are designed to patrol the Russian territorial waters and exclusive economic zone in the Arctic.
Academic Pashin, Russian designation Project 23130, is a replenishment oiler developed by the Spetssudoproect JSC and built by the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy. The class is limited only by one vessel, Academic Pashin itself, and is succeeded by a series of larger Project 23131 replenishment oilers based on the design of the Project 23130. It is the first replenishment ship built for the Russian Navy since the end of the Cold War.
