Moskva
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"Moskva" was a Soviet guided missile cruiser built in 1979 that served as a major warship in the Soviet Navy. It matters historically as an example of the advanced military technology and naval power the Soviet Union developed during the Cold War.
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- Name
- Slava (in Soviet service), Moskva (from 1995)
- Namesake
- Glory (1979–1995), Moscow (1995–2022)
- Builder
- 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev , Ukrainian SSR
- Launched
- 27 July 1979
- Commissioned
- 30 January 1983
- Decommissioned
- September 1990
- Reinstated
- April 2000
- Fate
- Sunk by two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles on 14 April 2022
- Notes
- Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet
- Class type
- Slava -class cruiser
- Displacement
- 9,380 tons standard 11,490 tons full load
- Length
- 186.4 m (611 ft 7 in)
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Moskva, formerly Slava, was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1983, she was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class, named after the city of Moscow. With a crew of 510, Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
The cruiser was deployed during the Russo-Georgian War and 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and Russia's intervention in Syria (2015). She led the naval assault during the Russo-Ukrainian war, from February 2022 until her sinking on 14 April 2022.
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