Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. She was initially named Yuri Andropov (Russian: Юрий...
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1144 Orlan (Russian: Орлан, lit. 'sea eagle'), is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest...
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August, Kursk prepared to fire dummy torpedoes at the Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. These practice torpedoes had no explosive warheads and were...
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Peter the Great (redirect from Pyotr Velikiy)
Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich,; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from...
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in 1872. Russian icebreaker Pyotr Veliky, an icebreaker launched in 1912. Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy, a Kirov-class battlecruiser originally...
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Battle of Tsushima against the Russian fleet. This concept was very different from the primary roles for the battlecruiser envisioned by the British Royal...
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Kursk submarine disaster (redirect from Russian submarine Kursk explosion (2000))
Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. At 11:29 local time, the torpedo room crew loaded the first practice Type 65 "Kit" torpedo, (Russian: tolstushka...
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to as battlecruisers. Two Kirov battlecruisers are currently in service, Admiral Nakhimov and Pyotr Velikiy. In the last six years, Pyotr Velikiy has participated...
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termed "battlecruisers"; the class is also the only example of a nuclear-powered battlecruiser. As of 2024, Russia operates two units: the Pyotr Velikiy has...
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1 December. 11 October 2008, Russian warships bound for Venezuela, including the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, put in at the Libyan port of...
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