TASS/. The Project 12700 (Alexandrite-class) mine countermeasures ship Anatoly Shlemov currently under construction at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in Russia’s northwest will enter service with ...

Its red and green colors were similar to the national military colors of imperial Russia. Alexandrite was initially discovered in Russia's Ural Mountains in the 1830s. Today, the gemstone is ...