Russian replenishment ship Berezina

	The replenishment ship Berezina in 1988
History
Soviet Union → Ukraine/Russia
Name	Berezina
Namesake	Berezina River or the Battle of Berezina
Operator	Soviet Navy (1977–1992); Joint Russo-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet (1992–1997);
Builder	Shipyard named after 61 Communards, Mykolaiv
Laid down	August 18, 1972
Launched	April 20, 1975
Commissioned	December 30, 1977
Decommissioned	May 28, 1997
Homeport	Sevastopol Naval Base
Fate	Joined the joint Russo-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet, 3 August 1992; Transferred to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 28 May 1997;
Russia
Name	Berezina
Operator	Russian Navy
Commissioned	May 28, 1997
Decommissioned	March 2002
Homeport	Sevastopol Naval Base
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 2002
General characteristics
Class & type	Berezina-class replenishment ship
Displacement	25,000 tonnes (25,000 long tons; 28,000 short tons) full load
Length	209.84 m (688 ft 5 in)
Beam	25.1 m (82 ft 4 in)
Draught	7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 16,500 PS (16,270 shp) T-1 COGAS systems; 2 × 1,500 kW auxiliary diesel generators;
Propulsion	COGAS; two shafts:; 2 × 15,000 PS (14,790 shp) M-24 gas turbines; 2 × 1,500 PS (1,480 shp) PTU-1 steam turbines;
Speed	21.87 knots (40.50 km/h; 25.17 mph)
Range	9,180 nmi (17,000 km; 10,560 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	90 days
Complement	389 crew + 178 passengers
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × "Don" navigational radar; 2 × "Don-Kay" navigational radars; 1 × "Strut Curve" (MR-302) air search radar; 1 × "Pop Group" (4R33 / MPZ-301 "Baza") air search and fire-control radar (SA-N-4); 1 × "Muff Cob" (MR-103 "Bars") fire-control radar (57 mm); 2 × "Bass Tilt" (MR-123 "Vympel-A") fire-control radars (30 mm); 1 × PUSB "Storm-1833" hull-mounted sonar; 2 × "High Pole B" (IFF); 2 × "Square Head" (IFF);
Electronic warfare; & decoys	"Tertsiya-1833" jamming system (2 × ZIF-121 chaff launchers)
Armament	2 × twin 57 mm AK-725 dual-purpose guns; 4 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS; 2 × sextuple 300 mm RBU-1000 "Smerch-1" ASW (84 × RGB-10 anti-submarine rockets); 1 × twin ZIF-122 launcher of SA-N-4 ("Osa-M") SAGW (20 × 9M33 missiles);
Aircraft carried	2 × Ka-25 Hormone C

Berezina (Russian: Березина) was a fleet replenishment ship used by the Soviet Navy and by the Russian Navy. She was only ship of Project 1833 Pegas (Russian: Пегас, lit. 'Pegasus'). The ship served in the Soviet Navy and later Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet from 1977 to 2002. Berezina was scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey in 2003.

History
The replenishment ship Berezina in 1988
Soviet Union → Ukraine/Russia
Name	Berezina
Namesake	Berezina River or the Battle of Berezina
Operator	Soviet Navy (1977–1992) Joint Russo-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet (1992–1997)
Builder	Shipyard named after 61 Communards, Mykolaiv
Laid down	August 18, 1972
Launched	April 20, 1975
Commissioned	December 30, 1977
Decommissioned	May 28, 1997
Homeport	Sevastopol Naval Base
Fate	Joined the joint Russo-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet, 3 August 1992 Transferred to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 28 May 1997
Russia
Name	Berezina
Operator	Russian Navy
Commissioned	May 28, 1997
Decommissioned	March 2002
Homeport	Sevastopol Naval Base
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 2002
General characteristics
Class & type	Berezina-class replenishment ship
Displacement	25,000 tonnes (25,000 long tons; 28,000 short tons) full load
Length	209.84 m (688 ft 5 in)
Beam	25.1 m (82 ft 4 in)
Draught	7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × 16,500 PS (16,270 shp) T-1 COGAS systems 2 × 1,500 kW auxiliary diesel generators
Propulsion	COGAS; two shafts: 2 × 15,000 PS (14,790 shp) M-24 gas turbines 2 × 1,500 PS (1,480 shp) PTU-1 steam turbines
Speed	21.87 knots (40.50 km/h; 25.17 mph)
Range	9,180 nmi (17,000 km; 10,560 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	90 days
Complement	389 crew + 178 passengers
Sensors & processing systems	1 × "Don" navigational radar 2 × "Don-Kay" navigational radars 1 × "Strut Curve" (MR-302) air search radar 1 × "Pop Group" (4R33 / MPZ-301 "Baza") air search and fire-control radar (SA-N-4) 1 × "Muff Cob" (MR-103 "Bars") fire-control radar (57 mm) 2 × "Bass Tilt" (MR-123 "Vympel-A") fire-control radars (30 mm) 1 × PUSB "Storm-1833" hull-mounted sonar 2 × "High Pole B" (IFF) 2 × "Square Head" (IFF)
Electronic warfare & decoys	"Tertsiya-1833" jamming system (2 × ZIF-121 chaff launchers)
Armament	2 × twin 57 mm AK-725 dual-purpose guns 4 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS 2 × sextuple 300 mm RBU-1000 "Smerch-1" ASW (84 × RGB-10 anti-submarine rockets) 1 × twin ZIF-122 launcher of SA-N-4 ("Osa-M") SAGW (20 × 9M33 missiles)
Aircraft carried	2 × Ka-25 Hormone C