Laid down 25 June 1968 Decommissioned 3 July 1992 Class and type Kara-class cruiser Launched 19 December 1969 Draft 6.7 m | Commissioned 31 December 1971 Fate Scrapped, 1994 Construction started 25 June 1968 Length 173 m | |
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Displacement 8,200 tons standard
9,700 tons full load Builder Shipyard named after 61 Communards | ||
Nikolayev was the lead ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in December 1969 and completed in December 1971. After the fall of the USSR, she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. In 1994 she was scrapped in India.
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