The Buyan class corvette was designed by Zelenodolsk Design and designated Project 21630 by the Russian Government. This is the newest corvette of the Russian Navy. The first ship of her class, the Astrakhan was commissioned on January 2006, and assigned to the Caspian Flotilla

Caspian Flotilla

The Caspian Flotilla is the oldest Russian military flotilla, stationed in the Caspian Sea. It was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1945.-Establishment:...

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In Aug 2010 some information about new modified Project 21631 ships was published. The lead ship of this project, Grad Sviyazhsk, was laid down in 27 Aug 2010. This ship is a missile version of Project 21630 "Buyan" small-size gunnery ship and is dubbed as "Buyan-M". This ship of Project 21631 is aimed at dedicated to the defense of national economic zones and its main purpose is engagement of surface warships. This is going to be an up-to-date ship armed with missile and artillery weapons, and equipped with electronic countermeasure equipment. The yard will build five ships including the lead one, since a contract was approved by the Russian defense ministry on May 26.

The export variant similar to Project 21630 called "Tornado" is planned, but no contracts are signed now.

Ships

Buyan class — significant dates

#	Name	Project #	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fleet	Status
101 (maybe changed to 012 in 2007)	Astrakhan	21630	Sankt-Peterburg	30 January 2004	07 October 2005	01 September 2006	Caspian
702	Volgodonsk	21630	Sankt-Peterburg	25 February 2005	6 May 2011	2011	Caspian
???	Mahachkala	21630	Sankt-Peterburg	24 March 2006		2011	Caspian (?)
???	Grad Sviyazhsk	21631	Zelenodolsk	27 August 2010		2012	Caspian (?)
???	Uglich	21631	Zelenodolsk	22 July 2011			Caspian (?)
???	Veliki Ustyug	21631	Zelenodolsk	27 August 2011

External links

• Picture of Buyan All Buyan Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List