Zhdanov Shipyard
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Zhdanov Shipyard may refer to:
- Severnaya VerfSevernaya VerfSevernaya Verf is a shipyard in Saint Petersburg and major shipyard producing both naval and civilian ships. Originally was founded exclusively for military shipbuilding....
a shipyard of Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
named Zhdanov Shipyard between 1935 - 1989 - Mariupol ShipyardMariupol ShipyardThe Mariupol Shipyard is located in Mariupol, Ukraine and is the largest repair facility of its class on the Sea of Azov.The shipyard was formerly known as Zhdanov Shipyard. The shipyard has since privatized and is known as Azov ship-repair factory enterprise and is subordinate to System Capital...
when MariupolMariupolMariupol , formerly known as Zhdanov , is a port city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is the largest city in Priazovye - a geographical region around Azov Sea, divided by Russia and Ukraine - and is also a popular sea...
from 1948 to 1989 was named Zhdanov in honor of Andrei ZhdanovAndrei ZhdanovAndrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician.-Life:Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934...
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