The vessel is built on a special project and was intended for research submarine volcanism and seismic activity in the Pacific Ocean. Total committed 41 research cruises; visited Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, the area near the Kamchatka Peninsula. As a result of the geological research of the bottom patterns were identified in the Kuril-Kamchatka region, made up of tectonic maps, discovered and described seismically active faults.
After 1991, the ship was used for passenger flights.
- Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
- Country: USSR
- Year: 1979-12-25
- Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
- Printing: Photogravure and Recess
- Face value: 1 Russian kopeck
- Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4906