Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers were once the largest and fastest surface vessels on Earth—feared symbols of Cold War ...

What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy’s decision not to modernize the Pyotr Veliky, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, underscores the vessel's diminishing value.

There has been repeated speculation that the Russian Navy’s Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov could finally return ...