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The Expeditionary Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was created to conduct expeditions aimed at improving defense capabilities and security of the Russian Federation, fostering patriotism, popularizing military service and Youth Expeditionary movement, and exploring the country and the world.

U-Boat Malta Ltd is a part of the U-Group. The company conducts marine studies on various subjects, including underwater archaeology, marine life, naval history and others. U-BOAT’s team explores the secrets of the underwater world both undersea, using high-tech underwater photography gear, and on land, working with archives.

The center for scientific research and methodological work, dedicated to the study of the history of ocean nature and exploration, has been open since 1990.

The Central Naval Museum – one of the oldest museums in Russia and one of the largest maritime museums in the world. The museum originates from the St. Petersburg Model Chamber – shipbuilding storage models and drawings. The date when the Saint-Petersburg Model Chamber was first mentioned in records is considered its birthday. It was on January 24, 1709 when Peter I, who at the time was with his army in the Ukraine, sent instructions to A.V. Kikin, reading: “Take the Model Chamber out of my house and place it by the shipyard, wherever a proper place is available …”. The Model Chamber was located in the Main Admiralty, where to build ships of the Baltic Fleet.

The Krylov State Research Center is one of the world’s major ship research & design centres established in 1894. Over its century-long efforts in the field of innovative R&Ds for the benefit of national shipbuilding, in the best interests of the country’s defense and economic development, the Krylov Center has accumulated the wealth of unique expertise in development of naval ships, commercial vessels and offshore structures. The center also works with leading shipbuilding companies from the United Kingdom, France, Norway, USA, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other countries.

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping is an international classification society established in 1913. It is a state technical supervision and marine classification institution operating under the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. DNV GL is an international accredited registrar and classification society, focused on providing audit, consulting and risk management services. It was founded in 2013 as a result of a merger between Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd.