5 facts about Russia’s massive ‘surface combatant’ naval warships .

Pyotr Veliky heavy nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser.     

1. Thanks to these ships, Washington unretired its Iowa-class battleships.

2. Artillery systems and missiles dominate the exterior of the Kirov-class battlecruiser “Pyotr Veliky.” There are many other weapons inside it, too.     

3. Pyotr Veliky's air-defense system is similar to the stationary one that was used to defend Russia’s capital Moscow a couple of years ago.

4. It can also fight enemies below the sea.

5. The ship will soon be reinforced with Russia’s first hypersonic anti-ship missiles -

 Project # 1144.2 Orlan
NATO Reporting name : Kirov Class Nuclear (guided missile) Battlecruiser
Oringinally " Юрий Андропов : Yuri Andropov "
Renamed "Петр Великий : Pyotr Veliky" (" Peter the Great ")
(Hull# 099)

Flag Ship of the Red Banner Russian Northern Fleet
43rd Division missile ships (Severomorsk)

Laid down 25.10.1986,
launched 29.04.1989,
commissioned 19.04.1998,
renamed from 27.05.1992 - Pyotr Veliky.

Pyotr Velikiy (Пётр Великий) is a heavy nuclear-powered cruiser (TAKR), the fourth Kirov class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy, originally named Yuri Andropov (Юрий Андропов). Although the ship is not a battlecruiser by the traditional definition of the type, but a missile cruiser (official: "Heavy Rocket Cruiser"), its size has given it the unofficial designation of a battlecruiser in the mass media of many countries. Pytor Velikiy is the flagship of the Northern Fleet.