The Kirov-class (Project 26) cruisers were a class of six cruisers built in the late 1930s for the Soviet Navy. After the first two ships, armor protection...
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The Kirov class, Soviet designation Project 1144 Orlan (Russian: Орлан, lit. 'sea eagle'), is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile heavy cruisers of...
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Kirov is the lead ship of the Kirov class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers. Originally built for the Soviet Navy and passed onto the succeeding...
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2086731°E / 59.9420402; 30.2086731 Kirov (Russian: Киров, IPA: [ˈkʲirəf]) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during...
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Kirov class may refer to: Kirov-class battlecruiser, Project 1144 Orlan missile-armed cruisers built for the Soviet Navy in 1980 and serving now in the...
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The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships of the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year...
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Bazalt missile. The cruiser was intended as a less expensive conventionally powered alternative to the nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruisers. All...
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Soviet tank series Soviet cruiser Voroshilov, a Kirov class cruiser Soviet cruiser Marshal Voroshilov, a Kresta II-class cruiser All pages with titles containing...
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Project 26 Kirov-class cruisers were planned to be constructed, but their armour and AA were considered inadequate. In August 1936, a new cruiser design similar...
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(1992) Uniform class (Project 1910 Kashalot) AS-13 (1986) AS-15 (1991) SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser...
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Molotov (Russian: Молотов) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She supported...
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Maxim Gorky (Russian: Максим Горький) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that saw action during World War II and continued in...
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Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk (1940) - Admiral Hipper-class cruiser formerly named Lützow Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk (1957) - Kirov-class cruiser formerly...
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Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov (category Kirov-class battlecruisers)
(Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) is the third battlecruiser of the Russian Navy's Kirov class. The ship was originally commissioned into service with the Soviet Navy...
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cruiser Kirov was named after him, and by extension the Kirov-class cruiser. The Kirov name was again used for the battlecruiser Kirov and the Kirov-class...
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Voroshilov (Russian: Ворошилов) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She bombarded...
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Navy's Kirov class, which were built with a combination of nuclear and fossil-fuel propulsion, no other country has launched nuclear-powered cruisers. California...
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Kirov-class cruiser, a Soviet class of conventional cruisers Soviet cruiser Kirov, the lead ship of the Kirov-class cruisers, launched in 1936 Kirov-class...
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Russian battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev (redirect from Soviet cruiser Frunze)
Лазарев) was the second Kirov-class battlecruiser. Until 1992 she was named Frunze (Russian: Фрунзе) after a Project 68 cruiser (named after Bolshevik...
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Mironovich Kirov. Both have been the lead ships of their classes. Soviet cruiser Kirov - a Kirov-class cruiser Soviet battlecruiser Kirov - a Kirov-class missile...
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Russian Navy: 2 Kirov class and 2 Slava-class guided-missile cruisers, the heavy aviation cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov; the cruiser Aurora was ceremonially...
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Kaganovich (Russian: Каганович) was a Project 26bis2 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that was built during World War II. She was built in Siberia...
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Kalinin - an Izyaslav-class destroyer formerly named Prymyslav Kalinin - a Kirov-class cruiser Kalinin - a Kirov-class missile cruiser subsequently named...
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Kalinin (Калинин) was one of six Kirov-class cruisers (officially known as Project 26) built for the Soviet Navy in the Russian Far East from components...
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Ticonderoga-class cruiser Kirov-class battlecruiser Cruiser Baseline List of cruisers of the United States Navy Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. CRUISERS An Illustrated...
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as anti-aircraft cruisers. A United States design for a flight deck cruiser from 1930, was described as "a Brooklyn-class light cruiser forwards [and] one...
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United States operate modern vessels classified as cruisers. Russia currently has seven, one (Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev) is afloat but has...
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Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy (redirect from Russian cruiser Pyotr Velikiy)
Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. She was initially named Yuri Andropov (Russian: Юрий...
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Russian ship Admiral Nakhimov (redirect from Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov)
1951. Soviet cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1969), a Kresta II-class cruiser launched in 1969. Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov, a Kirov-class battlecruiser...
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16131 Kaganovich (1999 XV97), a main-belt asteroid Soviet cruiser Kaganovich, a Kirov-class battlecruiser All pages with titles containing Kaganovich...
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