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.
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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