The university carefully preserves the model of the icebreaker 'Krasin' and its history. This legendary icebreaker was built at the Armstrong Whitworth shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne under the guidance of Evgeny Zamyatin. The vessel, originally named 'Svyatogor', was launched on August 3, 1916, and completed in February 1917. Until the early 1950s, it remained the most powerful icebreaker in the world.

One of the most famous operations of 'Krasin' was the rescue of General Umberto Nobile and his crew when their airship 'Italia' crashed on an ice floe after returning from the North Pole in 1928. Later that same year, 'Krasin' came to the aid of the German passenger ship 'Monte Servantes', which had collided with an iceberg and sustained serious damage. There were 1,835 passengers on board.

In 1933, 'Krasin' became the first vessel to reach the northern shores of Novaya Zemlya, which had previously been considered inaccessible. In 1938, it rescued the icebreaker 'Lenin' and its convoy, which had been trapped in the ice since the previous summer.

During the Great Patriotic War, 'Krasin' actively participated in Russian convoys, defending the Motherland alongside military ships. It escorted caravans of vessels carrying military cargo and Allied convoys.