Russian submarine Knyaz Pozharskiy

Knyaz Pozharsky (Russian: АПЛ Князь Пожарский) is a Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy. The submarine is named after Knyaz Dmitry Pozharsky.

History
Russia
Name	Knyaz Pozharsky
Namesake	Dmitry Pozharsky
Builder	Sevmash
Laid down	23 December 2016
Launched	3 February 2024[1]
Commissioned	24 July 2025
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Borei-class submarine
Displacement	14,720 t (14,488 long tons) surfaced 24,000 t (23,621 long tons) submerged
Length	170 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	1 × OK-650B nuclear reactor 1 × AEU steam turbine 1 shaft
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	107 officers and men
Electronic warfare & decoys	RIM HAT, SNOOP HALF ESM
Armament	16 × R-30 Bulava SLBMs 6 × (21 in (533 mm)) torpedo tubes to fire a variety of appropriately sized weapons

History

Project 955A was designed by Sergei Kovalev of the Rubin Design Bureau as an improved variant of the original Project 955. Construction of the Knyaz Pozharsky began with the keel laying on 23 December 2016 at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk,^[2] part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. At the time the keel was laid, Russian Navy's Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk declared "The 955A series is coming to an end with this submarine. Now the Navy is working together with the Rubin Design Bureau on modernization of the project."^{[citation needed]} However, in November 2018, additional two vessels were confirmed to be built by 2028.^[3]

Knyaz Pozharsky is to be deployed with the Russia's Northern Fleet.^[4]

The submarine went into service on 24 July 2025. The ceremony included Russian President Vladimir Putin and First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.^[5] It arrived on its permanent base on 2 August 2025.^[6]

On 3 August 2025, HUR claimed to have obtained documents outlining the specifications for the Russian submarine Knyaz Pozharskiy. The documents included “ship’s combat layout, engineering schematics, survival systems, and the organizational structure of the crew”.^[7]