Lenin (nuclear Icebreaker)
Lenin (Russian: Ленин) is a Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker launched in 1957, and is both the world's first nuclear powered surface ship and the first nuclear powered civilian vessel. Lenin was put into operation in 1959 and officially decommissioned in 1989.
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“It is true that liberty is precious—so precious that it must be rationed.”
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