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1064:Адмиралы и маршалы. Корабли проектов 1134 и 1134А.
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1154:] (in Russian). Yakutsk: Sakhapoligradizdat.
1131:. New Vanguard 242. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
1110:A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware
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864:Captain 2nd rank Alexander Svetlov (1984–1988)
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1146:Pavlov, Alexander (1995).
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431:submarines.
421:Baltic Fleet
408:
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245:Sensors and
149:Displacement
118:24 June 1991
107:Commissioned
64:
54:Soviet Union
25:
1034:Averin 2007
1011:Averin 2007
999:Averin 2007
984:Averin 2007
972:Averin 2007
926:Pavlov 1995
816:Otchayannyy
810:Sovremennyy
769:, cruisers
717:Smyshlennyy
701:Barents Sea
676:Smyshlennyy
600:, cruisers
580:Severomorsk
491:M-11 Shtorm
441:Kamov Ka-25
372:Soviet Navy
336:'Hormone-A'
334:Kamov Ka-25
1357:1968 ships
1351:Categories
1318:Kara class
1262:Khabarovsk
1046:Belov 2015
945:Chant 1987
875:References
765:alongside
693:Kronstadt
628:Red Banner
576:Sevastopol
237:Complement
188:Propulsion
1228:Kronstadt
1178:Kronstadt
1160:464542777
880:Citations
846:Kronstadt
835:Kronstadt
827:Kronstadt
804:Otlichnyy
756:Kronstadt
740:Kronstadt
725:Kronstadt
672:destroyer
657:Kronstadt
639:Kronstadt
597:Leningrad
584:Kronstadt
556:Kronstadt
540:Kronstadt
532:laid down
524:Kronstadt
512:Kronstadt
507:Kronstadt
502:Kronstadt
479:Kronstadt
460:Kronstadt
447:Kronstadt
436:Kronstadt
425:Kronstadt
409:Kronstadt
376:Kronstadt
361:Кронштадт
352:Kronstadt
229:Endurance
196:4 boilers
91:Laid down
75:Kronstadt
65:Kronstadt
744:Murmansk
733:Kola Bay
697:Sever-81
665:Okean-75
536:launched
472:RBU-1000
468:RBU-6000
454:Armament
380:Cold War
309:4 30 mm
284:Armament
99:Launched
71:Namesake
699:in the
661:SS-N-14
624:Karpaty
562:of the
510:class,
370:of the
368:cruiser
357:Russian
320:torpedo
296:2 twin
289:2 quad
180:Draught
143:cruiser
81:Builder
40:History
1158:
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1097:
1074:
821:AK-725
813:, and
789:, and
546:Career
487:AK-630
483:AK-725
390:Design
311:AK-630
256:Volga
164:Length
1150:[
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767:Kirov
752:RG-42
706:Kirov
632:Sochi
620:SB-38
551:1970s
322:tubes
272:Sonar
252:Radar
214:Range
206:Speed
1156:OCLC
1133:ISBN
1114:ISBN
1095:ISBN
1072:ISBN
606:and
429:NATO
314:CIWS
172:Beam
123:Fate
61:Name
801:,
574:at
240:343
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