The Fizik Kurchatov keel was laid down at the Kherson Shipyard on 20 March 1961. By that time, the shipyard had built seven of her sister ships. Мой город - Херсон. >> Леонид Коршун и его корабли. The ship was completed in June 1962 and transferred to the Black Sea Shipping Company on 30 June of that year.
