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|Ship image=[[File:PSKR-IvanSusanin(DN-SN-85-07195).jpg|300px]]
|Ship caption=''Ruslan''{{'}}s sister ship [[Russian patrol ship Ivan Susanin|''Ivan Susanin'']] photographed on 1 May 1985
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|Ship country=Soviet Union → Russia
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} → {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy}}
|Ship name=''Ruslan'' (''Руслан'')
|Ship namesake=Ruslan from ''[[Ruslan and Ludmila]]''
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|Ship operator=[[Northern Fleet]]
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|Ship builder=[[Admiralty Shipyard]] ([[Leningrad]], [[USSR]])
|Ship yard number=02652
|Ship laid down=26 December 1973
|Ship launched=28 May 1974
|Ship completed=26 September 1975
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|Ship in service=1975–present
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|Ship status=In service
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|Header caption=<ref name="kuznetsov">{{citation|last=Kuznetsov|first=Nikita Anatolyevich|title=От "Добрыни Никитича" до "Отто Шмидта": Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации|language=ru|year=2009|magazine=Морская коллекция|volume=8 |place=Moscow|publisher=Моделист-конструктор|number=119|url=https://coollib.com/b/148026/read}}</ref>
|Ship class=[[Ivan Susanin-class patrol ship|''Ivan Susanin''-class]] [[patrol ship]]
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|Ship displacement={{convert|3710|t|LT|abbr=on}} (full load)
|Ship length={{convert|70|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|18.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|6.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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|Ship power=3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp)
|Ship propulsion=[[Diesel–electric]]; two shafts (2 × 2,400 hp)
|Ship speed={{convert|15.4|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|10700|nmi}} at {{convert|12.5|kn}}
|Ship endurance=50 days
|Ship complement=
* 10 officers
* 113 crew
|Ship sensors=
* MR-302 Rubka ("Strut Curve") surface and air-search radar
* MR-105 Turel ("Hawk Screech") fire-control radar
|Ship armament=
* 1 × twin 76 mm [[AK-726]]
* 2 × 30 mm [[AK-630]]
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|Ship aircraft facilities=Helideck for [[Kamov]] [[Ka-25]] or [[Ka-27]]
|Ship notes=Armament removed
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'''''Ruslan''''' (Russian: Руслан) is a [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] and later [[Russian Navy]] [[icebreaker|icebreaking]] [[patrol ship]]. It is one of eight Project 97P patrol ships built by [[Admiralty Shipyard]] in Leningrad in 1973–1981.

== Description ==
{{Main|Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker|Ivan Susanin-class patrol ship}}

In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union began developing a new diesel-electric icebreaker design based on the 1942-built steam-powered icebreaker ''Eisbär'' to meet the needs of both civilian and naval operators. Built in various configurations until the early 1980s, the [[Project 97 icebreaker]]s and their derivatives became the largest and longest-running class of icebreakers and icebreaking vessels built in the world.<ref name="kuznetsov" />

The patrol ship variant, Project 97P (Russian: 97П), was developed as a response to the renewed interest of the Soviet Navy and [[Soviet Border Troops]] on icebreaking patrol vessels after [[United States Coast Guard]] and [[Canadian Coast Guard]] icebreakers began appearing more frequently near the country's northern maritime borders. New icebreaking patrol vessels were needed because existing Soviet naval vessels could not operate in ice-covered waters and large icebreakers, in addition to being unarmed and operated by civilians, could not be distracted from their primary mission of escorting merchant ships.<ref name="kuznetsov" />

Project 97P patrol ships are {{convert|70|m|ft|0}} long overall and have a beam of {{convert|18.1|m|ft|0}}. Fully laden, the vessels draw {{convert|6.5|m|ft|1}} of water and have a displacement of {{convert|3710|t|LT}}. Their three {{convert|1800|hp|kW|adj=on}} 10-cylinder 13D100 two-stroke opposed-piston diesel engines are coupled to generators that power electric propulsion motors driving two propellers in the stern. In addition to being slightly bigger than the icebreakers they are based on, Project 97P lacks the bow propeller and features a bigger deckhouse built of aluminum-magnesium alloy to reduce weight as well as a helideck capable of receiving [[Kamov]] [[Ka-25]] or [[Ka-27]] helicopters.<ref name="kuznetsov" />

Project 97P patrol ships were initially armed with a twin 76&nbsp;mm [[AK-726]] deck gun and two 30&nbsp;mm [[AK-630]] [[close-in weapon system]]s, but the ships operated by the navy were later disarmed.<ref name="kuznetsov" />

== History ==

The third of eight Project 97P patrol ships was laid down at [[Admiralty Shipyard]] in Leningrad on 26 December 1973, launched on 28 May 1974, and delivered on 26 September 1975.<ref name="fleetphoto_02652">{{cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/26584/|title=Руслан|website=FleetPhoto|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212174349/http://fleetphoto.ru/ship/26584/|archivedate=12 February 2019}}</ref> The ship was named after one of the main characters in Alexander Pushkin's poem ''Ruslan and Ludmila'' and joined the [[Soviet Navy]] [[Northern Fleet|Red Banner Northern Fleet]].<ref name="kuznetsov" />

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, ''Ruslan'' was passed over to the [[Russian Navy]]. The vessel remains in service {{as of|2024|lc=y}}.

== References ==
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{{Project 97 icebreakers}}

{{Wikipedia|Russian patrol ship Ruslan}}

[[Category:Icebreakers of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Icebreakers of Russia]]
[[Category:1974 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built at Admiralty Shipyard]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the Soviet Navy]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the Russian Navy]]

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