Icebreaker 'Angara' exhibition

About exhibition

The icebreaker Angara is one of the world's first icebreakers and the oldest surviving vessel of this type. The ship was built in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) on the slipway of the Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. shipyard. On July 25, 1900, the icebreaker Angara was launched and remained in service until 1962. The exhibition 'The Age of Angara: History of the Oldest Icebreaker' operates on board and includes three main sections: the history of the construction and operation of Angara in the context of key events of the 20th century, such as the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Russo-Japanese War, the Civil War, the political repressions of the 1930s, the Great Patriotic War (World War II), etc.; a presentation of the icebreaker as a living organism, where you will learn about its layout, the purpose of various compartments, machinery and shipboard instruments; and accounts of the fates of the captains and other crew members through the prism of personal stories (letters, diaries, memoirs, personal belongings).