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[[Image:Kirov class cruiser.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Soviet/Russian ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser ''Frunze'' underway, October 1985]]
'''Kirov clas cruiser''' was built for the [[Soviet]] navy, the Kirov-class warship is the largest non-carrier surface combat vessel to be laid down and completed by any nation since [[World War II]]. Its official designation is “missile cruiser”, although its size and speed qualifies it as a [[battlecruiser]]. It was also the first [[Russian]] surface ship to use a nuclear powerplant. Five ships were planned, but only four were built. The first, the ''Kirov'' (later re-named the ''Admiral Ushakov''), was laid down in 1973 and commissioned in 1980. It was followed by the ''Admiral Lazarev'' in 1984, the ''Admiral Nakhimkov'' in 1988, and the ''Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great)'' in 1998. Only the last two are still in service, due mainly to Russia's lack of funds.
'''Kirov clas cruiser''' was built for the [[Soviet]] navy, the Kirov-class warship is the largest non-carrier surface combat vessel to be laid down and completed by any nation since [[World War II]]. Its official designation is “missile cruiser”, although its size and speed qualifies it as a [[battlecruiser]]. It was also the first [[Russian]] surface ship to use a nuclear powerplant. Five ships were planned, but only four were built. The first, the ''Kirov'' (later re-named the ''Admiral Ushakov''), was laid down in 1973 and commissioned in 1980. It was followed by the ''Admiral Lazarev'' in 1984, the ''Admiral Nakhimkov'' in 1988, and the ''Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great)'' in 1998. Only the last two are still in service, due mainly to Russia's lack of funds.