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 ...

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.

There has been repeated speculation that the Russian Navy’s Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov could finally return to service later this year after a decades-long refit. Last month ...

Russia’s maritime strategy and an unmistakable break with its Soviet past, Moscow has confirmed that it will not proceed with the long-anticipated modernization of its nuclear-powered battlecruiser ...

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 ...