The RFS Vladimir Monomakh (Russian

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: АПЛ Владимир Мономах) is a Russia

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n submarine of the fourth generation Borei class

Borei class submarine

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 (Project 955) currently under construction. It is named after Vladimir Monomakh (1053–1125), the Grand Duke

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 of Kievan Rus'

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.

The project was developed by the Rubin Design Bureau

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, and the chief designer was Sergey Kovalev. The keel was laid down on 19 March 2006 at the Sevmashpredpriyatiye shipyard in Severodvinsk

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. The submarine will be armed with 16 of the newest submarine-launched ballistic missile

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 developed in Russia, the Bulava

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 (NATO designation SS-NX-30). The Vladimir Monomakh and its sister ships will replace the Delta class

Delta class submarine

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 in the Russian Navy.
The submarine is expected to be launched in 2012.