When she was commissioned in the last days of 1980, the nuclear-powered Kirov was the largest missile cruiser ever built.
She featured a unusually complex array of weapon systems which rendered her capable to operate under any circumstance and neutralize any type of military
threat known, be it located on the land, on the sea, under the sea or in the air.
[1] Hatch (in open position) of the room of the variable-depth sonar
[2] Stern
[3] Aft position lights
[4] Helicopter flight deck
[5] Kamov Ka-25 "Hormone-A" helicopter
[6] Rotatory platform
[7] Room of the variable-depth sonar
[8] Variable-depth sonar
[9] Rudder
[10] Propeller
[11] Support of propeller's shaft
[12] Propeller's shaft
[13] Hangar for two helicopters
[14] Elevator
[15] Elevator's opening
[16] 30-millimeter Gatling cannon
[17] 100-millimeter cannon
[18] Rotatory ammunition storage and elevator
[19] Control bridge of the helicopter flight deck
[20] Railing
[21] 353-millimeter torpedo launchers
[22] "Kite Screech" radar
[23] "Top Dome" radar
[24] RBU-1000 rocket launcher
[25] Crane
[26] "Fly Screen"
[27] "Bass Tilt" radar
[28] "Top Steer" radar
[29] HF antenna
[30] "Round House" helicopter control
[31] "Top Pair" radar
[32] Gas exhaust
[33] Funnel
[34] Aft superstructure section
[35] Armored section for the nuclear reactor
[36] "Palm Frond" radar
[37] "Rum Tub" electronic countermeasures (ECM)
[38] "Side Globe" detection system
[39] Engine room
[40] Nuclear reactor
[41] Bulkhead separating the nuclear reactor from the conventional engine room
[42] Steam reheater
[43] Turbine
[44] Reduction gear
[45] Life boats
[46] Admiral's bridge
[47] Navigation bridge
[48] Ailerons of the command bridge
[49] Ventilation inlet
[50] "Pop Group" radar
[51] Short-wave radio antenna
[52] SA-N-4 missile launcher
[53] "Eye Bowl" radar
[54] Fire-control center
[55] Mess-deck
[56] "Punch Bowl" satellite navigation system
[57] Store rooms, machinery rooms, etc...
[58] SS-N-19 missile silos
[59] Armored section
[60] Launching ramp
[61] SS-N-19 missile
[62] SA-N-6 missile silos
[63] Caps
[64] Folded strut
[65] Dry store rooms
[66] SS-N-14 missile silos
[67] Deflector
[68] Armored deck
[69] Store room for SS-N-14 missiles
[70] Store room
[71] RBU-6000 rocket launcher
[72] Forward control post
[73] Chaff launcher
[74] Hawse
[75] Water line
[76] Breakwater
[77] Forward sonar
Specifications of Kirov atomic missile cruiser
Displacement
Standard: 24000 tonnes
Full load: 28000 tonnes
Dimensions
Length: 248 meters (813 feet 7.77 inches)
Beam: 28 meters (91 feet 10.35 inches)
Draught: 8.8 meters (28 feet 10.45 inches)
Propulsion
Conventional boilers: 2
Nuclear reactors: 2 x 300 megawatt
Steam turbines: 2 x 75000 horsepower
Speed
Maximum: 33 knots (61.1 kilometers/hour)
Range
Conventional: 3000 nautical miles (5556 kilometers) at 33 knots
Nuclear: 150000 nautical miles (277800 kilometers) at 25 knots
Armament
20 x SS-N-19 SSM launcher
1 x SS-N-14 ASW twin launcher
2 x SA-N-4 SAM twin launcher
12 x SA-N-6 SAM launcher
2 x AK-100 100-millimeter DP cannon
8 x AK-630 30-millimeter CIWS cannon
1 x RBU-6000 ASW twelve-tube mortar
2 x RBU-1000 ASW six-tube mortar
2 x 533-millimeter ASW pentuple launcher
Aircraft
Helicopter: 3 x Ka-25/27 ASW
Complement
About 900