| | Light Cruisers
Project 68bis
Project 68bis-ZIFNATO:
Sverdlov Class
Completed 14
+ 11 units
Ships Project 68bis
- 14 units
| Name |
Yard ¹ |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Note |
| Baltic Shipyard ¹189 named after
S. Ordzhonikidze, Leningrad – 5 units | |
Sverdlov | ¹408 |
15.10.1949 | 5.07.1950 |
15.05.1952 | |
| Zhdanov |
¹419 | 11.02.1950 |
27.12.1950 | 31.12.1952 | from
21.02.1989 - KRU-101 | | Alexandr
Suvorov | ¹436 |
26.02.1951 | 15.05.1952 |
31.12.1953 | |
| Admiral Senyavin |
¹437 | 31.10.1951 |
22.12.1952 | 30.11.1954 | |
| Dmitry Pozharsky |
¹445 | 28.02.1952 |
25.06.1953 | 31.12.1954 | |
| Shipyard ¹194 named after
A. Marti, Leningrad – 3 units | |
Ordzhonikidze |
¹600 | 19.10.1949 |
17.09.1950 | 18.08.1952 | |
| Aleksandr Nevsky |
¹625 | 30.05.1950 |
7.06.1951 | 31.12.1952 | |
| Admiral Lazarev |
¹626 | 6.02.1951 |
29.06.1952 | 30.12.1953 | |
| Shipyard ¹196 Sudmekh,
Leningrad – 1 units | | Admiral
Ushakov | ¹420 |
31.08.1950 | 29.09.1951 |
8.09.1953 | |
| Shipyard ¹444 named after
A. Marti, Nikolaev – 3 units | |
Dzerzhinsky |
¹374 | 21.12.1948 |
31.08.1950 | 18.08.1952 | |
| Admiral Nakhimov |
¹375 | 27.06.1950 |
29.06.1951 | 27.03.1953 | |
| Mikhail Kutuzov |
¹385 | 23.02.1951 |
29.11.1951 | 30.12.1954 | |
| Shipyard ¹402, Molotovsk
– 2 units | | Molotovsk |
¹301 | 15.07.1952 |
25.05.1954 | 30.11.1954 | from
3.08.1957 - Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia | |
Murmansk | ¹302 |
28.01.1953 | 24.04.1955 |
22.09.1955 | |
Project 68bis-ZIF - 0 + 11 units
| Name |
Yard ¹ |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Note |
| Baltic Shipyard ¹189 named after
S. Ordzhonikidze, Leningrad – 0+3 units | |
Kronshtadt | ¹453 |
04.1953 | 11.09.1954 |
- | not completed |
| Tallin |
¹454 | 28.09.1953 |
28.05.1955 | - | not
completed | | Varyag |
¹460 | 5.02.1954 |
5.06.1956 | - | not
completed | | Shipyard
¹194 named after A. Marti, Leningrad – 0+4 units | |
Scherbakov | ¹627 |
06.1951 | 17.03.1954 |
- | not completed |
| Kozma Minin |
¹628 | 06.1952 |
- | - | not
completed | | Dmitriy
Donskoy | ¹629 |
04.1953 | - |
- | not completed |
| - |
¹631 | - |
- | - | not
completed | | Shipyard
¹444 named after A. Marti, Nikolaev – 0+2 units | |
Admiral Kornilov |
¹395 | 16.11.1951 |
17.03.1954 | - | not
completed | | - |
¹396 | - |
- | - | not
completed | | Shipyard
¹402, Molotovsk – 0+2 units | |
Arkhangelsk |
¹303 | 1953 |
- | - | not
completed | | Vladivostok |
¹304 | 1953 |
- | - | not
completed |
General characteristics
- Project 68bis
| Displacement (tons): | | Standard: |
13600 | | Full load: | 16640 |
| Dimensions (m): | | Length: | 210 |
| Beam: | 21,99 |
| Draft: | 7,38 | | Speed
(knots): | 32,7 | | Range: | 5700
nmi (17 knots), 5220 nmi (18,2 knots), 4100 nmi (23,2 knots), 3700 nmi (21,5 knots),
2080 nmi (32 knots), 1975 nmi (32,7 knots) | | Autonomy
(days): | 30 | | Propulsion: | 2x55000
hp TV-7 GTZA, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 5x300 kW TD-6 turbine-type generators,
4x300 kW DG-300 diesel generators | | Armament: | 4x3
152 mm MK-5-bis (2202 rounds) – Molniya AC-68bis-A with 2 radars Zalp fire control
system
6x2 100 mm SM-5-1s (3852 rounds) (on first four ships - SM-5-1) – Zenit-68bis-A
with 2 radars Yakor fire control system (on some ships – Yakor-M, Murmansk – Yakor-M2)
16x2 37 mm V-11 or V-11M (Admiral Senyavin, Dzerzhinsky, Dmitry Pozharsky, Zhdanov,
Mikhail Kutuzov) - 41370 rounds
2x5 533 mm PTA-53-68bis torpedo tubes (10
torpedoes) – Stalingrad-2T-68bis with radar Zarya fire control system (removed
on Mikhail Kutuzov in 1956, on Sverdlov in 1958)
68 KB-3 or AGSB or RM or
48 UDM mines or 63 UKSM mines or 40 KDM-1000 mines or 76 Type 1926 mines or 132
Type 1908 mines or 70 GMZ | | Electronics: |
Rif surface search radar, Gyuys-2 air search radar, 2 Neptun navigation radars,
2 Fakel-MZ and 2 Fakel-MO IFF, RPN-47-01, Tamir-5N sonar, Solntce-1 (then removed,
on Sverdlov – in 1958) | | Complement: | 1270
(65 officers) | General characteristics - Project 68bis-ZIF
| Displacement (tons): | | Standard: |
13720 | | Full load: | 16780 |
| Dimensions (m): | | Length: | 210 |
| Beam: | 21,99 |
| Draft: | 7,4 | | Speed
(knots): | 31,5 | | Range: | 7000
nmi (17 knots) | | Autonomy (days): | 30 |
| Propulsion: | 2x55000 hp,
GTZA TV-7, 5x300 kW TD-6 turbine-type generators, 4x300 kW DG-300 diesel generators |
| Armament: | 4x3 152 mm MK-5-bis
(2202 rounds) – Molniya AC-68bis-A with 2 radars Zalp fire control system
6x2 100 mm SM-5-1s (3852 rounds) with 2 Yakor-M radars
6x4 57 mm ZIF-68 –
Fut-B-68bis radar
2x5 533 mm PTA-53-68bis torpedo tubes (10 torpedoes) – Stalingrad-2T-68bis
with radar Zarya fire control system
68 KB-3 or AGSB or RM mines or 48 UDM
mines or 63 UKSM mines or 40 KDM-1000 mines or 76 Type 1926 mines or 132 Type
1908 mines or 70 GMZ | | Electronics: |
Rif-A surface search radar, Gyuys-2 air search radar, Fut-N air/surface search
radar, 2 Neptun navigation radars, Korall-11A ESM radar systems, Korall-14A, 2
Fakel-MZ and 2 Fakel-MO IFF, RPN-47-01, Tamir-5N sonar | | Complement: | 1224 |
Schematics 
Light Cruiser - Project 68bis
Modernizations Project
68A – 4+1 units: Sevmorzavod named after S. Ordzhonikidze, Sevastopol – Admiral
Ushakov 8.05.1974-29.12.1978, Mikhail Kutuzov 30.09.1979-30.04.1986, Oktyabrskaya
Revolyutsia 8.12.1972-15.12.1976, Dalzavod Vladivostok – Alexandr Suvorov 1973-79,
SRZ-35 Murmansk - Aleksandr Nevsky from 1.12.1988 – not completed. 8x2 30 mm AK-230
(13860 rounds) – 4 MR-104 Rys fire control systems instead of 4x2 37 mm V-11,
added 2x1 45 mm 21KM (Alexandr Suvorov), Zalp-M2 radar instead of Zalp (Mikhail
Kutuzov), MR-510 Kil-U air search radar instead of Gyuys-2, Machta-P4 reconnaissance
radar (Admiral Ushakov – Krab-11 ESM radar systems, Krab-12), Machta-P10 reconnaissance
radar, Don navigation radar instead of 2 Neptun radars, Nickel-KM and Khrom-KM
IFF, R-790 Tsunami-BM satellite communication complex, Kristall-K satellite communication
complex (Mikhail Kutuzov). 14600/18090 tons, draft 7,8 m, 40890 rounds for V-11,
32 kts, 6450 nmi (18,2 knots), 4100 nmi (23,2 knots), 1800 nmi (32,5 knots), 1650
nmi (33 knots), crew - 1257 (60 officers)
Project 68U1 Bukhta-1 – 1 unit:
Zhdanov, Sevmorzavod named after S. Ordzhonikidze, Sevastopol in 10.1965-29.11.1971.
3-th MK-5bis was removed, added 1x2 Zif-122 4K33 Osa-M SAM system launcher (20
9M33 missiles) – 4R-33 fire control system, 4x2 30 mm AK-230 – 2 MR-104 Rys fire
control system, MR-510 Kil air search radar instead of Gyuys-2, Krab-11 ESM radar
system, Don navigation radar instead of 2 Neptun radars, Nikhrom-M IFF, Planshet
combat information control system, R-790 Tsunami-BM satellite communication complex,
Kristall-K satellite communication complex (02-08.1977). 14340/17890 tons, draft
7,8 m, 32 kts, 5800 nmi (17 knots), crew - 1083 (105 officers)
Project 68U2
Bukhta-2 – 1 unit: Admiral Senyavin, Dalzavod Vladivostok 31.12.1966-24.07.1972.
Stern MK-5bis were removed, added 1 Ka-25 helicopter, 1x2 ZIF-122 4K33 Osa-M SAM
system launcher (20 9M33 missiles) – 4R-33 fire control system, 8x2 30 mm AK-230
– 4MR-104 Rys fire control systems, MR-510 Kil-U air search radar instead of Gyuys-2,
MR-302 Rubka surface search radar instead of Rif, Krab-11 ESM radar system, Don
navigation radar instead of 2 Neptun radars, Planshet combat information control
system, R-790 Tsunami-BM satellite communication complex, Kristall-K satellite
communication complex (from 1977), Karat-M communication complex (from 1977).
14350/17890 tons, draft 7,8 m, 32,4 kts, 6940 nmi (18 knots), crew - 856 (103
officers)
Project 70E – 1 unit: Dzerzhinsky, Shipyard ¹444 named after A.
Marti, Nikolaev, 15.10.1957-30.08.1962. 1x2 SM-64 M-2 Volkhov-M SAM system launcher
(10 V-750 missiles) instead of one stern MK-5bis – Korvet-Sevan fire control system,
8x2 37 mm V-11M were removed, Zalp radar, Zarya, added P-500 Kliver air/surface
search radar, Fut-N air/surface search radar, MR-200 Kaktus air search radar,
Razliv radar (removed in 1974-75), DG-300 replaced by 4x400 kW diesel generators.
12970/16070 tons, draft 7,2 m, 32 kts, 7400 nmi (17 knots), crew - 1266
Project
68E – 1 unit: Admiral Nakhimov, Sevmorzavod ¹497 named after S. Ordzhonikidze,
Sevastopol, 11-12.1954. 1 V-16 KSS anti-ship missile launcher (1 missile)
Project 68ER – 1 unit: Admiral Nakhimov, Sevmorzavod ¹497 named after S. Ordzhonikidze,
Sevastopol, in 1955. V-16E launcher instead of V-16
Project 67EP – 1 unit:
Admiral Nakhimov, Nikolaev, Shipyard ¹444 named after A. Marti 28.02.1955-10.1955.
1 launcher (4 KSS anti-ship missiles) – Kolchan fire control system
Project
71 – 0+1 unit: Admiral Nakhimov, Nikolaev, Shipyard ¹444 named after A. Marti
frim 28.11.1957 – not completed. 2x2 M-2 Volkhov-M SM-64 launchers instead of
stern MK-5bis guns, 4x4 57 mm ZIF-75 – 4 Fut-B-70 control systems instead of V-11.
13410/16590 tons, 7,4 m draft, 31,5 kts, 5500 nmi (17 kts), crew - 1035, Nickel-K
and Khrom-K IFF instead of 2 Fakel-MZ and 2 Fakel-MO IFF, helipad for Ka-25 helicopter
On Dmitry Pozharsky 25.04.1969-23.10.1970, Mikhail Kutuzov 16.10.1966-11.09.1967
navigator rooms instead of 4x2 V-11M . On Mikhail Kutuzov V-11M guns was added
again 30.03.1979-30.04.1986
Yakor radar was modernized into Yakor-M: Dzerzhinsky
in 1952-53
P-8 air search radar: Admiral Senyavin in 1957, Dmitry Pozharsky
in 1957, Mikhail Kutuzov in 1956, Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia. Then removed.
P-10 air search radar: Admiral Senyavin, Admiral Ushakov, Alexandr Suvorov, Dmitry
Pozharsky, Mikhail Kutuzov in 1960?, Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia (instead of P-8),
Murmansk in 1957, Sverdlov in 1958. Then removed.
P-12 Enisey air search radar
(instead of P-8, P-10): Admiral Senyavin (instead of P-10), Alexandr Suvorov,
Dmitry Pozharsky (instead of P-10) 25.04.1969-23.10.1970
P-20 air search radar:
Admiral Lazarev (instead of 6x2 37 mm V-11)
P-500 Kliver air/surface search
radar: Aleksandr Nevsky in 1957-58, Dmitry Pozharsky (instead P-8)
Fut-N air/surface
search radar: Sverdlov (instead of Rif) in 1957?
MR-510 Kil-U air search
radar: Mikhail Kutuzov (instead of P-8) 16.10.1966-11.09.1967, Molotovsk in 1969,
Murmansk, Sverdlov (instead Fut-N) 12.02-29.04.1966
On Mikhail Kutuzov installed
a helipad for a Ka-15 or Mi-1 helicopter in 1955. Removed in 1956?
Korall
ESM radar system: Dzerzhinsky in 1954
Krab ESM radar system: Admiral Senyavin,
Dzerzhinsky ins 1956, Zhdanov
Krab-11 ESM radar system: Admiral Ushakov in
1957, Dzerzhinsky in 1961
Krab-12 ESM radar system: Admiral Lazarev, Admiral
Ushakov in 1957, Aleksandr Nevsky, Alexandr Suvorov, Dmitry Pozharsky, Mikhail
Kutuzov, Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia (instead of P-10) in 1976, Sverdlov
On Murmansk
in 1986-89 was added MR-302 Rubka air/surface search radar
On Murmansk in
1986-89 was added Kristall-K satellite communication complex
On some ships
was added Don navigation radar Unrealized modifications:
Project 64
– missile cruiser with 3x4 P-6 anti-ship missiles launchers, M-1 Volna SAM system,
M-3
Project 67 – missile cruiser with 2 SM-58 KSS anti-ship missiles launchers
instead of MK-5bis guns
Project 67bis – missile cruiser with 4x5 P-6 anti-ship
missiles launchers instead of stern MK-5bis guns
Project 67SI – 1 SM-58 KSS
anti-ship missile launcher instead of bow MK-5bis guns on Admiral Nakhimov
Project 68bis-VVS – with Brown Boveri Company steam turbines
Project 68bis-SM-16
– with SM-16 guns instead of V-11
Project 70 – 4x2 M-2 Volkhov-M SAM system
launchers instead of MK-5bis guns
Project 1131 – 2x2 M-31 SAM system launchers
instead of stern MK-5bis guns
Fleets Baltic
Fleet: Admiral Lazarev (from 27.02.1956 Northern Fleet, from 22.10.1956
Pacific Fleet), Admiral Senyavin (from 24.02.1955 Northern Fleet,
from 7.09.1955 Pacific Fleet), Admiral Ushakov (from 3.11.1956 Nothern
Fleet, from 5.10.1963 Black Sea Fleet), Alexandr Suvorov (from 27.02.1956
Northern Fleet, from 22.10.1956 Pacific Fleet), Dmitry Pozharsky
(from 24.02.1955 Northern Fleet, from 7.09.1955 Pacific Fleet),
Ordzhonikidze (from 14.02.1961 Black Sea Fleet), Sverdlov, Zhdanov (from
02.1970 Black Sea Fleet)
Black Sea Fleet: Admiral Nakhimov,
Dzerzhinsky, Mikhail Kutuzov
Northern Fleet: Aleksandr Nevsky, Oktyabrskaya
Revolyutsia (from 16.12.1960 Baltic Fleet), Murmansk
Hull Numbers
Admiral Lazarev: 10, 25(1954), 47(1956), 832(1972),
835(1.05.1977), 472, 039(1983), 024(1986)
Admiral Nakhimov: 22(1953), 93(1954), 33(1954),
44(1957?), 532(1958)
Admiral Senyavin: 45(1955), 12(1956), 51(1956),
71(1957), 138(1958), 125(1959), 203(68bis), 619(68bis),
825(1964), 833(68bis), 832(1972), 838(1973), 824(1977),
833(1.05.1977), 472(1979), 490(1981), 485(1985),
052(1989)
Admiral Ushakov: 6(1954), 54(1955), 33(1955),
23(1956), 21(1957), 30(1958?), 203(1961), 160(1963),
120(1967), 844, 860(1969), 852(1972), 855(1972),
859(1971), 845(1973), 852(1974), 109(1979), 100(1981),
108(68A), 113(1983), 101(68A)
Aleksandr Nevsky: 02(1953), 18, 65, 30(1957),
8(1957), 150(1961), 201, 813(1971), 812(1972),
805(1974), 868, 097, 066(1981), 077(1981), 057(1982),
077(1985), 067(1989)
Alexandr Suvorov: 34(1954), 53(1954), 20, 632,
834(1969), 140, 831, 016(1980), 033(1982), 015(1984),
035(1986)
Dzerzhinsky: 11(1953), 37(1954), 12(1956), 107(68bis),
516(1958), 195(1965), 145(1967), 630(1967), 159(1969),
542(1970), 846(1970), 849(1970), 847(1971), 849(1971),
856(1971), 848(1972), 854(1974), 850(1976), 855(1977),
859(1977), 195(1978), 106(1978), 104(1980), 101(1980),
106(1987), 045, 848(70E), 858(70E)
Dmitry Pozharsky: 12, 56(1954), 55(1956), 619(1964),
636(1966), 824(1967), 835(1970), 633(1971), 833(1972),
021, 837(1974), 881, 823(1976), 012(1976), 832(1.05.1977),
027(1980), 023(1987)
Zhdanov: 19(1953), 16(1954), 10(1955), 20(1956),
62(06.1957), 320(1959), 258(1962), 128(1964),
855(1970), 842(1971), 854(1971), 801(1972), 857(1972),
856(1973), 835(1974), 854(1972), 855(1974), 842(07.1975),
845(07.1976), 849(1976), 854(1978), 118(1980),
121(1982), 132(1982), 117(1983), 111(1984), 116(1985),
101(1988)
Mikhail Kutuzov: 4, 34(1954), 18(1954), 554(1955),
46(1957), 24(1958), 131(1959), 590(1960), 108(1962),
131(1964), 832(68bis), 850(1968), 856(1969), 590(1970),
859(1970), 850(1971), 849(1972?), 854(1977), 020(1977),
010(68bis), 113(1978), 100(1979?), 920(1980),
105(1984), 852, 102, 108(1988), 105(1990)
Molotovsk: 4(1957), 6, 202(1960), 842, 891, 118(1967),
890(1967), 846(1970), 890(1970), 899(1971), 800(Oktyabrskaya
revolutsiya), 020(1974), 015(1976), 892(1977),
844(1978), 141(1978), 154(1980), 194(1986), 154(1987)
Murmansk: 52(1956), 88, 154(1963), 120(1964),
150, 805, 818(1968), 803(1971), 806(1973), 020(1973),
820, 816(1978), 050(1978), 074(1981), 057(1987)
Ordzhonikidze: 18(1953), 45(1954), 82(1955), 21(1957),
53(1958), 310(1959), 355, 743(1961), 435(1962)
Sverdlov: 41(1954), 42(1954), 22(1957), 51(1958),
300(1958), 252(1962), 884(1965), 102(1965), 174(1966),
884(1965), 851(1974), 866(1974), 891(1975), 861(1976),
881(1976), 074(1981), 100, 144(1985), 161(1989)
Decommissioned 1960
– Admiral Nakhimov (29.07)
1986 – Admiral Lazarev (12.10)
1987 – Admiral
Ushakov (16.09), Dmitry Pozharsky (5.03), Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia (16.09)
1988 – Dzerzhinsky (12.10)
1989 – Admiral Senyavin (30.05), Aleksandr Nevsky
(30.05), Alexandr Suvorov (15.12), Sverdlov (30.05)
1990 – Zhdanov (19.04)
1992 – Murmansk (3.07)
1998 – Mikhail Kutuzov (28.08, from 2001 museum ship
at Novorossiysk)
Export Indonesia:
1 unit
Irian 201 (till 24.01.1963 Ordzhonikidze) decommissioned in 1972 | |
