Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky

Admiral Oktyabrsky at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, October 1990
History
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Name	Admiral Oktyabrsky
Namesake	Filipp Oktyabrsky
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	2 June 1969
Launched	21 May 1971
Commissioned	28 December 1973
Decommissioned	30 June 1993
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1993
General characteristics
Class and type	Kresta II-class cruiser
Displacement	5,640 t (5,551 long tons) (standard) 7,575 t (7,455 long tons) (full load)
Length	156.5 m (513.5 ft) (o/a)
Beam	17.2 m (56.4 ft)
Draught	5.96 m (19.6 ft)
Installed power	4 × boilers 91,000 shp (68,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 x steam turbines
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	343
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Volga MR-600 Voskhod MR-310U Angara M 2 x 4R60 Grom 2 x MR-103 Bars 2 x MR-123 Vympel Sonar MG-332T Titan-2T
Armament	2 × quadruple Metel Anti-Ship Complex anti-submarine missiles 2 × twin M-11 Shtorm surface-to-air missile launchers (48 missiles) 2 × twin 57 mm (2.2 in) AK-725 dual purpose guns 4 × sextuple 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630 CIWS 2 × quintuple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck and hangar

Admiral Oktyabrsky (Russian: Адмирал Октябрьский) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II)-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The sixth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War, from 1973 to 1993.

She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag. Admiral Oktyabrsky cruised in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans during 1974, 1977, and 1978, spending a year in refit until late 1979. She returned to the Indian Ocean in 1980 and underwent a lengthy refit between 1982 and 1986, before being sent to the Persian Gulf in 1990. Due to reduced naval funding, the cruiser was decommissioned in 1993 before being sold for scrap.