''Zhelezniakov'' is a river

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of the

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(Project SB-37), the

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of its class of six ships. Completed during the 1930s it participated in

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and was the only one of its class that survived the war. The ship was named after the Russian sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov who was famous for being among those who dispersed the

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in 1918 and his saying "The guard has grown weary". In 1967 it was installed in the Sailor's Park at Rybalskyi island as a monument-memorial. The same year around the monument was created the Sailor's Park (official name "To the sailor's of the Dnieper Flotilla"). The ship was a monument of science and technology, history with a protected number 260062-N until its removal from the State Register of Immovable Monuments in 2023.

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* 1935 ships Zhelezniakov-class monitors Ships built at Kuznya na Rybalskomu World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union Rybalskyi Island Ships built in the Soviet Union {{USSR-mil-ship-stub