Soviet monitor Zhelezniakov

Zhelezniakov is a river warship of the Soviet Navy, monitor of project SB-37. It took part in World War II. The warship became a lead ship in its class of six ships that were built before the war and the only that survived the World War II.

History
Soviet Union
Name:	Zhelezniakov
Laid down:	November 1934
Launched:	22 November 1935
Completed:	October 1936
Fate:	Converted to a hulk, 11 March 1958; restored and preserved as a museum ship since 10 July 1967
General characteristics
Type:	Monitor
Tonnage:	263 tonnes (259 long tons; 290 short tons)
Length:	51.2 metres (168 ft)
Beam:	8.2 metres (27 ft)
Draft:	.9 metres (2 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	4 diesels (280 hp), 2 screws
Speed:	8.3 kn (15 km/h; 10 mph)
Endurance:	3,700 nautical miles
Crew:	78
Armament:	1 x 2 - 102/43 MK-2-4 2 x 1 - 45/43 40K 2 x 1 - 37 mm/67 61-K 2 x 1 - 7.6/94
Armor:	belt: 16 - 4 mm deck: 4 mm bulkheads: 4mm turret: 30 mm CT: 30 mm

The ship was named after the Russian sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov who was famous for being among those who dispersed the Russian Constituent Assembly 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 is a landmark of science and technology, history with a protected number 260062-N.