The project was developed by Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute with Baltsudoproekt Bureau.

[8] The ship is named in honor of Alexey Tryoshnikov,[1] the president of the Geographical Society of the USSR since 1977.

In October 2016, the ship was used to test towing icebergs in the Kara Sea.

[9] Between December 2016 and March 2017, the Akademik Tryoshnikov was used for the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Southern Hemisphere summer.

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