Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy

	Pyotr Veliky in 2017
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Yuri Andropov → Pyotr Velikiy (since 1992)
Namesake	Yuri Andropov → Peter the Great
Laid down	24 April 1986
Launched	29 April 1989
Commissioned	18 April 1998
Identification	Pennant number: 183 → 099
Status	Laid-up
Notes	Flagship of the Northern Fleet
General characteristics
Class & type	Kirov-class battlecruiser
Displacement	24,000 t (24,000 long tons) standard; 26,000 t (26,000 long tons) fully loaded;
Length	251.1 m (823 ft 10 in)
Beam	28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
Draft	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 × nuclear reactors; 2 × boilers;
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines; 2 × shafts
Speed	31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph) (CONAS); 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) (nuclear only);
Range	Unlimited
Complement	710 officers and sailors
Armament	20 × P-700 Granit anti-ship missile launchers; 12 × S-300 Fort-M surface-to-air missile launchers (total 96 missiles); 16 × 3K95 Kinzhal surface-to-air missile launchers (total 128 missiles); 6 × Kortik close-in weapon systems; 1 × 130 mm (5 in) AK-130 dual-purpose gun; 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × RBU-1200 anti-submarine rocket launchers; 1 × RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launcher;
Aircraft carried	3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters

Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий, lit. 'Peter the Great') is the fourth Project 1144 Orlan (NATO reporting name Kirov-class) battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. It was initially named Yuri Andropov (Russian: Юрий Андропов) after the former General Secretary of the Communist Party Yuri Andropov, but the name was changed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Russian designation for the type is "heavy nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser", but Western defense commentators have resurrected the term "battlecruiser" to describe them, as they are the largest surface combatant warships in the world. Pyotr Velikiy has been the flagship of the Northern Fleet since it entered service.

The Kirov-class battlecruisers were developed to counter NATO submarines and carrier strike groups. Pyotr Velikiy has a large armament that includes P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles, S-300 Fort-M surface-to-air missiles, 3K95 Kinzhal surface-to-air missiles, and several anti-submarine missile launchers. It also has a helicopter landing pad and under-deck facilities to store three Kamov Ka-27 helicopters. To enable the ship to reach a high speed of over 30 knots, it is equipped with a combined nuclear and steam system, with each of its two steam turbines being connected to a nuclear reactor and an oil-fired boiler that provides additional power.

Construction of the ship was delayed by lack of funding due to the national economic problems before and after the fall of the Soviet Union. As Yuri Andropov, the ship was laid down on 24 April 1986 at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad and launched on 29 April 1989. In May 1992 Yuri Andropov was renamed Pyotr Velikiy (Russian for Peter the Great) but the vessel was not completed and commissioned until 18 April 1998, twelve years after work had started. It has been known to carry two pennant numbers during its service: "183" and currently "099". Since entering service, Pyotr Velikiy has taken part in actions against piracy off the coast of Somalia and in support of the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war. In 2017 it was present at the first Navy Day Main Naval Parade in Saint Petersburg. Since 2022 it has been laid-up in Severodvinsk.