Russian Cruiser Moskva

The Russian missile cruiser “Moskva”, until 1995 called “Slava”, was the first unit of a very interesting type of ship of the project 1164, characterized by, inter alia, 16 anti—ship missile launchers set inclined in the bow section. Project 1164 missile cruisers, which, apart from “Moskva”, also include “Varyag” (ex—“Red Ukraine”), “Marshal Ustinov” (ex—“Admiral Lobov”) and “Ukraine” (ex—“Komsomolets”, ex—“Fleet Admiral Lobov”), when they entered service, were considered to be among the be...