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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 the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship) in operation in the world.
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 Russian Navy, she and her three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship) built by them.
Borodino-class vessel under construction in Saint Petersburg in 1916 Kirov-class missile cruiser at sea in 1986. After the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, the Russian Naval General Staff decided that it needed a squadron of fast "armored cruisers" (Броненосный крейсер; bronenosnyy kreyser) [note 1] that could use their speed to maneuver into position to engage the head ...
With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no Russian warships are as imposing as the Kirov-class battlecruisers. Why the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered cruisers ...
The armor of the Project 26 ships was vulnerable even to destroyer-class weapons at ranges under 10 km (6.2 mi) and the last four ships were given additional armor. The belt, traverse bulkheads, barbettes and turret face thicknesses were all increased to 70 mm (2.8 in) and the box protecting the steering gear was increased to 30 mm (1.2 in).
Admiral Lazarev (Russian: Адмирал Лазарев) was the second Kirov-class battlecruiser.Until 1992 she was named Frunze (Russian: Фрунзе) after a Project 68 cruiser (named after Bolshevik leader Mikhail Frunze); at that time she was renamed after Russian rear admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev.
Kirov-class battlecruisers (6 P) Kirov-class cruisers (11 P) Kresta I-class cruisers (5 P) Kresta II-class cruisers (13 P) Kynda-class cruisers (10 P) S.
Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp) Speed: 32 knots; Range: 1000 nmi at 32 knots, unlimited at 20 knots on nuclear power; Ships in class: 5; Operator: Russian Navy; Commissioned: December 1980; Status: 1 in service, 2 awaiting disposal, 1 in long-term refit, 1 cancelled