Moskva
Soviet Union
Builders:	61 Kommunara
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy  Ukrainian Navy
Preceding class:	Kynda
In service:	1982
Ships in Class
Ships in class:	4
Ships in active service:	Moskva Marshal Ustinov Varyag
Ships fitting out:	Ukrayina
Ships planned but not completed:	Admiral Gorshkov Oktyabr'skaya Ryevolyutsiya
General Characteristics
Displacement:	11,490 tons
Length:	186.4 m
Beam:	20.8 m
Draught:	8.4 m
Speed:	32 knots
Range:	7,500 miles
Complement:
Armament:	16 anti-ship missiles 64 surface-to-air missiles 2 dual purpose guns 6 close-in weapons systems 2 anti-submarine mortars 10 torpedo tubes
Aircraft complement:	1 helicopter

The Slava class cruiser, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant, is a large conventionally-powered warship, currently operated by Russia and Ukraine. Image File history File links Russian_cruiser_Moskva-Naples-07. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Mykolaiv or Mykolayiv (Ukrainian: ), also known by its Russian name (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Russia. ... The Russian Navy (Russian: Военно Морской Флот (ВМФ) - Voyenno- Morskoy Flot (VMF) or Military Maritime Fleet) is the naval arm of the Russian armed forces. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Ukraine_(dress). ... Ukrainian Navy Ensign The Ukrainian Navy (Ukrainian: Військово-Морські Сили України, ВМСУ) is a part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ... The Project 58 Missile cruisers, known to NATO as the Kynda class were the first Soviet missile cruisers and a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. ... The RFS Marshal Ustinov , Маршал Устинов, is a Slava class cruiser of the Russian Navy. ... RBS-15 missile launched from a Sisu missile carriage. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... A dual purpose gun is a naval weapon mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets. ... Phalanx CIWS A Close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a naval shipboard weapon system for detecting and destroying incoming anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft at short range (the threat(s) having penetrated the ships available outer defences). ... Anti-Submarine mortars are artillery peices deployed on ships for the purpose of sinking submarines by a direct hit with a small explosive charge. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each having two or more rotor blades. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

The design started in the late 1960s and was based around the SSN-12 Bazalt missile, as a less expensive alternative to the Kirov class battlecruiser. There was a long delay in the programme, while the problems with this weapon were resolved. These ships acted as flagships for numerous task forces. All ships were built at the 61 Kommunar yard, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Nikolaev). Radars: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast Sonar Horse Tail VDS (Variable Deep Sonar) Fire control: 2 × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control 4 × Bass Tilt... Mykolaiv or Mykolayiv (Ukrainian: ), also known by its Russian name (Nikolaev or Nikolayev) is a city in Southern Ukraine with the population of 514,000 (2001 estimation). ...

General characteristics

• Displacement: 10,000 tonnes standard, 12,500 tonnes full load
• Length: 187 m
• Beam: 20.8 m
• Draught: 7.5 m
• Machinery: COGOG gas turbines, 125,000 hp
• Speed: 34 knots
• Range: 9,000 nm at 15 kn
• Armament:
  • 16 × SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM,
  • 8 × SA-N-6 Grumble SAM (with SSM mode) VLS (64 missiles),
  • 1 × 2 130 mm DP guns,
  • 6 × 30 mm AK-630 gatling guns (4× CADS-N-1 Kashtan in Varyag),
  • 2 × 5 553 mm torpedo tubes,
  • 1 Ka-25 or Ka-27 Helicopter
• Complement: 600

Principle of a COGOG propulsion system Combined gas or gas (COGOG) is a propulsion system for ships using gas turbine engines. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ... SS-N-12 launchers on the aviation cruiser Kiev. ... A single S-300-PM missile TEL ready to fire. ... Categories: Stub ... A AK-630 installation aboard a Soviet built Tarantul I class missile boat. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... The Kamov Ka-25 is a Russian naval helicopter. ... The Kamov Ka-27 is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy and currently in service in Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, South Korea, China and India. ...

Ships

• Moskva, Москва, ("Moscow", ex-Slava, "Glory") hull number 121 — Laid down 1976, launched 1979, completed 1982, renamed in 1995. Based in the Black Sea Fleet. Had been refitting from 1990 to 2002.
• Marshal Ustinov , Маршал Устинов , hull number 055 — Laid down 1978, launched in 1982, completed in 1986. In service with the Russian Navy, Northern Fleet.
• Varyag , Варяг , ("Varangian", ex-Chervona Ukrayina, "Red Ukraine") hull number 011 — laid down 1979, launched 1983, completed 1989. In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet.
• Ukrayina ("Ukraine", ex-Admiral Flota Lobov)—laid down 1984, launched 1990, slowly being completed for the Ukrainian Navy. Current status uncertain, but public data suggests the ship has reverted to Russian control and has re-assumed the name Admiral Lobov.
• Admiral Gorshkov -was cancelled at the end of the Cold War.
• Oktyabr'skaya Ryevolyutsiya ("October Revolution") -was cancelled at the end of the Cold War.

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External links

• Slava class data at Warships on the Web
• Krasina/Slava class at FAS.org
• Series 1164 Slava at the Encyclopedia of Ships (Russian language)
• Moskva—Project no: 1164 Atlant at Airwing Kuznetsov