TASS

The Pyotr Veliky cruiser to donate its name to nuclear submarine — source

In 2024, the ceremony of laying down a nuclear submarine will be held at Sevmash MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. The name of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser The Pyotr Veliky will be given to a ...
The National Interest

Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruisers are the Last ‘Battleships’ (But Not for Long)

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 ...
The National Interest

Russia’s ‘Battlecruisers’: Why the Kirov-Class Has That ‘Sinking Feeling’

Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy may soon be decommissioned due to high maintenance costs, a move influenced by the ongoing war in Ukraine. -As one of only two ...
TASS

Russia to decommission battlecruiser Pyotr Veliky after same-type ship re-enters service

MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/. The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will be decommissioned after the repairs and upgrade of the same-type warship Admiral Nakhimov, a source close to the ...