although the construction of the new icebreaker was awarded to vyborg shipyard, the russian shipyard subcontracted the hull assembly, outfitting and commissioning of the vessel to arctech helsinki shipyard. the contract with the finnish shipyard, which at the time was a joint venture between usc and stx finland (a subsidiary of stx europe, which in turn was a subsidiary of the south korean stx offshore & shipbuilding), was signed on 18 december 2012. the keel-laying ceremony was held in vyborg already on 26 december, after which the blocks were transferred to helsinki for hull assembly. the vessel was ceremonially launched on 25 march 2015 and floated out from the shipyard's covered dry dock few days later. on 18 december, after completing the sea trials that began in late november, the new icebreaker was delivered to vyborg shipyard where she was handed over to rosmorport on 25 december 2015.