The Lenin, the world's first nuclear-powered ice-breaker, has been included in the Unified State Register of Cultural Heritage, the Murmansk Region's press-service reports. The ice-breaker is docked at the Murmansk Marine Station as a museum.

According to the press-service, over 200,000 people have visited the ice-breaker museum over the past six years. Visitors can see the bridge, the mess room and other areas inside the ship. Also, business, cultural and social events are held aboard the ice-breaker.

"This ice-breaker-museum is an example of successful international cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region. The Lenin Atomic Ice-Breaker Arctic Expo-Centre multimedia museum and educational complex was created as part of ‘Kolarctic ENPI CBC 2007-2013.' Experts from Russia, Finland and Norway took part in the project.  Three years after the project was launched, the standard sailor's quarters were converted into a unique gallery with an area of about 300 square metres," the press-service said.

The Lenin is the world's first civilian ship with a nuclear power plant. It was launched at the Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad on August 24, 1956. The ice-breaker was built to clear the Northern Sea Route and to function as an expedition vessel. The Lenin was decommissioned in 1989.