What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy’s decision not to modernize the Pyotr Veliky, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, underscores the vessel's diminishing value.

The Specifications on the Kirov-Class The Kirov-class battlecruiser displaces 24,300 tons (standard and a total of 28,000 tons when fully loaded.The length is 252 meters (827 feet). Its beam is 28 ...

Russian telegram channels monitoring interesting developments with the Russian Armed Forces are abuzzwith posts about the iconic, though shuttered, Kirov-class battlecruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov ...

On April 18, the battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy marked 25 ... 1144.2 Orlan missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (NATO reporting name: Kirov class) is the Russian Northern Fleet’s flagship and the world ...