Leninska Kuznya
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Leninska Kuznya is a ship building and armament
Arms industry
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 company in Kiev
Kiev
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
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. Although situated on the Dnieper River
Dnieper River
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 and presently concentrated on river ships, the company is able to produce & repair small sea vessels (both civil and naval
Navy
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), as well as various military equipment.

The Leninska Kuznya is indirectly controlled by Ukrainian businessman and politician Petro Poroshenko.

Main production facilities of the company are situated on the Rybalskyi Island
Rybalskyi Peninsula
Rybalskyi Island is a peninsula on the Dnieper River , located in the Right-Bank Podilskyi Raion of the city of Kiev. Although named as an island it is in fact a peninsula and a former spit. It is now a predominantly industrial area.- History :...

 in Kiev since 1928. The shipyard specializes in shipbuilding, ship machines building, and propeller production. In the field of shipbuilding, the plant specializes in building medium fishing vessels, industrial ships and vessels of technical fleet, self-propelled and non-self propelled barges. Machine building includes steam and hot-water automated boiler units, plate freezing apparatuses, and incinerators. Propeller production includes controllable pitch propeller
Controllable pitch propeller
A controllable pitch propeller or variable pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change their pitch...

(CPP), blades, and lines of shafting.

History

It was founded in 1862 by production engineer Donat Fyodor Grigorievich as a Joint Stock Company. It was mainly a mechanical plant and made different metal structures. For a short period of time (1889-1924), the plant was named "Kiev Machine-Building Plant" and in 1924, it was renamed to Leninska Kuznya. In 1928, by the Decree of Supreme Soviet Union Leninska Kuznya was made into a shipyard. In 1995, the company completed a change in ownership and open-type joint Stock Company was set up named Leninska Kuznya Plant. The machine building sector still constitutes a high percentage in general scope of production.

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