The Admiral Nakhimov is a super heavy nuclear-powered battlecruiser which joined the Soviet Navy in 1988 as the Kalinin. In the 1990s, the warship’s fate hung in the balance amid massive military funding cutbacks. Now, the vessel is nearing the completion of a major refit and rearmament cycle. Here’s what we know about it.
May 21 is the 292nd anniversary of the creation of the Okhotsk Flotilla – the spiritual precursor to the Russian Pacific Fleet. Three centuries on, the naval force’s mission remains true to that of its origins – guarding Russia’s far eastern frontiers and providing the nation with access to the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The Russian navy never recovered from the end of the Cold War and the sharp, continuing reductions in the navy budget Efforts to replace the aging Cold War era ships failed At the end of the Cold War in 1991 Russia had the second-largest fleet in the w
The Russian navy never recovered from the end of the Cold War and the sharp, continuing reductions in the navy budget Efforts to replace the aging Cold War era ships failed At the end of the Cold War in 1991 Russia had the second-largest fleet in the w
A Russian shipyard is ready to deliver the refurbished nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov to the fleet this year Work on the Admiral Nakhimov began in 2014 and was supposed to be completed by 2018 As usual, there were technical, economic and poli