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.

It is an unusually suspicious circumstance that when the Chekist [Borisov] assigned to protect Kirov was being brought for an interrogation, on 2 December 1934, he was killed in a car "accident" in which no other occupants of the car were harmed. After the murder of Kirov, top functionaries of the Leningrad NKVD were relieved of their duties ...

2024年11月30日 · Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers had a heady mission. They were to counteract American submarines and aircraft carriers during the Cold War and dominate the seas. Four entered service with much fanfare, and only two were left to carry on the fight.

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 was increased and subsequent ships are sometimes called the Maxim Gorky class.

Kirov was accompanied by car of operative Commissioner K. Pauzer and group employee, P. P. Lazyuk, on this day. They went with Sergei Mironavich to the entrance to Smolny, but not to the Cabinet. They did not enter the building, but they should have done it …

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.

2014年12月1日 · The death of Borisov, Kirov’s bodyguard (who died on his way to interrogation), was just an accident, caused by a defect in his car. And from a legal standpoint, supporters of the “lone gunman” theory have the more stable position, because in December 1990 a plenary session of the USSR Supreme Court ruled that “the terrorist act ...

2025年1月17日 · Key Points and Summary: Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers, once symbols of naval power, face a grim future as the Admiral Nakhimov remains stuck in repairs since 2013. -Costing over $1 billion, the refit is hampered by outdated shipyards, reliance on Ukrainian-built powerplants, and financial strain from the Ukraine war.

2025年1月17日 · The Admiral Nakhimov Heavy Nuclear Missile Cruiser (TARK) of project 1144.2M "Orlan" (according to the NATO codification — Kirov) The Russian Navy is a unique ship that has no analogues. The ship's capabilities were …

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