Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser

Chervona Ukraina in 1935
Class overview
Builders	Russud Shipyard, Nikolayev
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Svetlana class
Succeeded by	Kirov class
Built	1913–1932
In commission	1927–1952
Planned	4
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	3
General characteristics (as designed)
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	7,600 long tons (7,700 t)
Length	535 ft 6 in (163.2 m)
Beam	51 ft 6 in (15.7 m)
Draft	18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Installed power	14 Yarrow boilers 55,000 shp (41,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	630
Armament	15 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 4 × single 63 mm (2.5 in) AA guns 2 × single 457 mm (18 in) submerged torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 3 in (76 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Gun shields: 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)
Aircraft carried	1 seaplane

The Admiral Nakhimov-class cruisers were a group of four light cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy just before World War I began in 1914. Construction was interrupted by the Russian Revolution and only two of the ships were eventually completed well after the end of the Russian Civil War by the Soviets. Chervona Ukraina was the first ship completed and was built to essentially the original design. Krasnyi Kavkaz underwent heavy modifications and was completed five years after Chervona Ukraina. Both ships participated in the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol after the Germans invaded Russia in June 1941. They ferried troops into the cities, evacuated wounded and bombarded the besieging German troops. Chervona Ukraina was bombed and sunk by dive bombers in November during one of these missions and Krasny Kavkaz was badly damaged by the same type of aircraft in January 1942. After her lengthy repairs were completed, the ship transported reinforcements to cities on the Black Sea coast during the Battle of the Caucasus. She was reclassified as a training ship in 1947 before she was sunk as a target in 1956. Chervona Ukraina was salvaged in 1947 and then became a hulked. She became a target ship in 1950.