Krylov State Research Center
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Native name | Крыловский государственный научный центр |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | March 8, 1894 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Key people | Andrei Dutov |
Products | Ships |
Number of employees | 3,000 |
Website | krylov-center |
The Krylov State Research Center (Russian: Крыловский государственный научный центр) is a Russian shipbuilding research and development institute, which operates as a federal state-owned unitary enterprise.
The institute is named after Aleksey Krylov, the Russian naval designer and mathematician who was one of its first superintendents, and is based in Saint Petersburg.[1]
History
The institute was established in 1894, to operate the Russian Empire's first ship model basin—the Naval Administration Towing Tank—on New Holland Island in Saint Petersburg. On 8 March that year, Emperor Alexander III and members of the royal family toured the facility, which is considered the foundation date of the institute.[2] On 3 January 1900, Aleksey Krylov was appointed acting superintendent of the Tank, and proposed the establishment of a broader shipbuilding research institute based around the tank, including laboratories for electrical engineering, and physical, chemical and mechanical testing.[3]
Originally subordinate to the
Sanctions
On June 28, 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against Krylov State Research Center in response to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.[5]
See also
References
- ISBN 0870212419.
- ^ History 1894 Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Krylov State Research Center.
- ^ J J O'Connor and E F Robertson: Aleksei Nikolaevich Krylov, MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
- ^ Majumdar, Peter: Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia: An Update, Newsletter 96-003, Office of Naval Research Europe, 18 June 1996.
- ^ "СРЕДИ КОМПАНИЙ, НА КОТОРЫЕ УЖЕ НАЛОЖЕНЫ САНКЦИИ". Война & Санкции (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
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