Soviet cruiser Groznyy

	Groznyy underway on 30 October 1985.
History
Soviet Union
Name	Groznyy
Namesake	Groznyy
Builder	A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad
Yard number	780
Laid down	23 February 1960
Launched	26 March 1961
Commissioned	30 December 1962
Stricken	24 June 1991
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Class & type	Groznyy-class cruiser
Displacement	4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons) standard; 5,400 tonnes (5,300 long tons) full load;
Length	142.7 m (468 ft 2 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft; 4 x KVN-95/64 boilers, 2 x TV-12 GTZA steam turbines, 45,000 shp (34,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,334 km; 5,179 mi) at 14.3 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	25 officers, 304 other crew
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × MR-310 Angara air/surface search radar; 1 × Binom, 1 × 4R90 Yatagan, 2 x R-105 Turel fire-control radars; 1 × GS-572 Gerkules-2M sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	2 x Krab-11, 2 x Krab-12, Vzryv ESM radar system
Armament	8 × SM-70 P-35 launchers with 16 4K44 (SS-N-3 'Shaddock’) anti-ship missiles (2x4); 2 × ZIF-102 M-1 launchers with 16 V-600 (SA-N-1 ‘Goa’) surface to air missiles (1x2); 4 × 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns (2×2); 2 × 45 mm (2 in) 21KM guns (2x1); 2 × RBU-6000 Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2x3);
Aircraft carried	1 × Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Groznyy (Russian: Грозный, lit. 'Fearsome') was the lead ship of the Soviet Navy's Project 58 Groznyy-class guided missile cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта, RKR), also known as the Kynda class. The ship was designed to counter the aircraft carriers of the United States Navy and was therefore fitted with eight launchers for 4K44 (NATO reporting name SS-N-3 'Shaddock') anti-ship missiles. Launched in 1961, the warship initially joined the Northern Fleet before being transferred to the Black Sea Fleet the following year. The ship was also used for diplomatic purposes. Between 1967 and 1976, Groznyy undertook seventeen visits to foreign ports, one of the highest in the fleet, traveling as far as Cuba. The ship also tracked United States Navy aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea. After twenty years in service, the vessel was struck in 1991 and subsequently broken up.