Rubin Design Bureau

Rubin Design Bureau
Company typeState corporation
Founded(1900 (1900))
Headquarters,
ProductsSubmarines
Revenue$471 million (2015)
Number of employees
2000 (1993)
ParentUnited Shipbuilding Corporation
Websiteckb-rubin.ru

Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (Russian: Центральное конструкторское бюро "Рубин", romanizedTsentralnoye konstruktorskoye byuro "Rubin"), abbreviated as TsKB "Rubin" (Russian: ЦКБ "Рубин"), located in Saint Petersburg, is the largest of Russia's three main centers of submarine design, the other two being Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and Lazurit Central Design Bureau. Rubin has designed more than two-thirds of the nuclear submarines in the Russian Navy. The three design centers are named after minerals: ruby (Russian: рубин), malachite and lazurite.