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Early in the morning on April 16, 1999, the Severnaya Verf shipbuilding plant, one of the largest such plants in St. Petersburg, was marked by an atmosphere of excitement. The shipbuilders were set to launch the Project 956E destroyer constructed for China抯 Navy. It was the second destroyer ordered by China from the plant. The contract for their construction was concluded in 1997 by Russia抯 Rosvoorouzhenie state arms exporter and Severnaya Verf.
The Project 956 destroyers were designed by the St. Petersburg-based Severnoye Design Bureau which is headed by Academician Yevgeny Yukhnin. Igor Rubis is the project抯 chief designer.

The launch ceremony was preceded by a press conference given by the head of the Shipbuilding Department of Russia抯 Ministry of the Economics Oleg Yefimov, the Severnaya Verf Director General Valery Venkov, the General Designer of the Severnoye Design Bureau Yevgeny Yukhnin, and other officials.

Venkov told journalists about the difficulties they had encountered in funding the project, caused by the August 1998 financial crisis, and about how those difficulties had been overcome. He said the contract for the construction of the two destroyers had helped his plant and many other allied enterprises in various regions of Russia preserve jobs and increase their capacity factor.

The fulfillment of the project became possible due to Severnaya Verf抯 partnership with BaltUNEXIMBank which gave the plant a loan for the uninterrupted construction of the ships.

Venkov said the first destroyer was undergoing a mooring trial, and that at the end of this year it is expected to be turned over to China. The work on the second destroyer proceeded according to plan as well. It is planned to be turned over to China at the end of 2000.

At noon, before the destroyer was launched, there was a meeting at the plant, addressed by Russian and Chinese officials. Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent a message of greetings to Severnaya Verf, in which he gave his high esteem to the unsparing efforts of its workers. He pointed out their readiness, despite difficult economic conditions, to build, repair and modernize up-to-date naval and civilian ships. Yeltsin wished the plant personnel good health and success in their work for the benefit of their country.

St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev, in his address to the meeting, expressed regret that the ships were not built for the Russian Navy. He expressed his confidence that the time would come when Severnaya Verf would build warships for Russia, too.

A Chinese official thanked the plant workers for the ships which he described as beautiful.

In keeping with tradition, a bottle of champagne was broken, and the ship was launched to the music of the national anthem.
Early in the morning on April 16, 1999, the Severnaya Verf shipbuilding plant, one of the largest such plants in St. Petersburg, was marked by an atmosphere of excitement. The shipbuilders were set to launch the Project 956E destroyer constructed for China抯 Navy. It was the second destroyer ordered by China from the plant. The contract for their construction was concluded in 1997 by Russia抯 Rosvoorouzhenie state arms exporter and Severnaya Verf.
The Project 956 destroyers were designed by the St. Petersburg-based Severnoye Design Bureau which is headed by Academician Yevgeny Yukhnin. Igor Rubis is the project抯 chief designer.

The launch ceremony was preceded by a press conference given by the head of the Shipbuilding Department of Russia抯 Ministry of the Economics Oleg Yefimov, the Severnaya Verf Director General Valery Venkov, the General Designer of the Severnoye Design Bureau Yevgeny Yukhnin, and other officials.

Venkov told journalists about the difficulties they had encountered in funding the project, caused by the August 1998 financial crisis, and about how those difficulties had been overcome. He said the contract for the construction of the two destroyers had helped his plant and many other allied enterprises in various regions of Russia preserve jobs and increase their capacity factor.

The fulfillment of the project became possible due to Severnaya Verf抯 partnership with BaltUNEXIMBank which gave the plant a loan for the uninterrupted construction of the ships.

Venkov said the first destroyer was undergoing a mooring trial, and that at the end of this year it is expected to be turned over to China. The work on the second destroyer proceeded according to plan as well. It is planned to be turned over to China at the end of 2000.

At noon, before the destroyer was launched, there was a meeting at the plant, addressed by Russian and Chinese officials. Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent a message of greetings to Severnaya Verf, in which he gave his high esteem to the unsparing efforts of its workers. He pointed out their readiness, despite difficult economic conditions, to build, repair and modernize up-to-date naval and civilian ships. Yeltsin wished the plant personnel good health and success in their work for the benefit of their country.

St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev, in his address to the meeting, expressed regret that the ships were not built for the Russian Navy. He expressed his confidence that the time would come when Severnaya Verf would build warships for Russia, too.

A Chinese official thanked the plant workers for the ships which he described as beautiful.

In keeping with tradition, a bottle of champagne was broken, and the ship was launched to the music of the national anthem.