This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.
In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).
In the Soviet Navy, frigates were classified as guard ships (SKR)
Type 1934A destroyer Pylky (ex-German)
Akizuki-class destroyer Vnezapny (ex-Japanese)
Name | Class | Built | In Service | Status | Image |
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Aurora | Diana class | 1903 | 1903-1945 | Museum ship since 1956 | |
Komintern | Bogatyr-class | 1905 | 1905-1942 | Sunk 1942 | |
Chervona Ukraina | Admiral Nakhimov-class | 1927 | 1927-1941 | Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target | |
Krasny Krym | Svetlana-class cruiser | 1928 | 1928-1959 | Scrapped 1959 | |
Krasny Kavkaz | Admiral Nakhimov-class | 1932 | 1932-1952 | Sunk as target 1952 | |
Kirov | Kirov-class cruiser | 1938 | 1938-1974 | Scrapped in 1974 | |
Voroshilov | Kirov-class cruiser | 1940 | 1940-1973 | Scrapped 1973 | |
Maxim Gorky | Kirov-class cruiser | 1940 | 1940-1959 | Scrapped 1959 | |
Molotov | Kirov-class cruiser | 1941 | 1941-1972 | Scrapped 1972 | |
Kaganovich | Kirov-class cruiser | 1944 | 1944-1960 | Scrapped 1960 | |
Kalinin | Kirov-class cruiser | 1953 | 1953-1963 | Scrapped 1963 | |
Murmansk | Omaha-class cruiser | 1944 | 1944-1949 | Scrapped 1949 | |
Tallinn | Admiral Hipper-class cruiser | 1944 | 1944-1960 | Scrapped 1960 | |
Chapayev | Chapayev class | 1950 | 1950-1960 | Scrapped 1960 | |
Zheleznyakov | Chapayev class | 1950 | 1950-1976 | Scrapped 1976 | |
Kuybyshev | Chapayev class | 1950 | 1950-1965 | Scrapped 1965 | |
Chkalov | Chapayev class | 1950 | 1950-1981 | Scrapped 1981 | |
Frunze | Chapayev class | 1950 | 1950-1960 | Scrapped 1960 | |
Sverdlov | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1989 | Scrapped 1993 | |
Zhdanov | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1991 | Scrapped 1991 | |
Admiral Ushakov | Sverdlov class | 1953 | 1953-1987 | Scrapped 1987 | |
Aleksandr Suvorov | Sverdlov class | 1953 | 1953-1990 | Scrapped 1990 | |
Admiral Senyavin | Sverdlov class | 1954 | 1954-1991 | Scrapped 1991 | |
Dmitry Pozharsky | Sverdlov class | 1954 | 1954-1987 | Scrapped 1987 | |
Kronstadt | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Tallinn | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Varyag | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Ordzhonikidze | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1972 | Scrapped 1972 | |
Aleksandr Nevsky | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1989 | Scrapped 1989 | |
Admiral Lazarev | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1986 | Scrapped 1986 | |
Shcherbakov | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Dzerzhinsky | Sverdlov class | 1952 | 1952-1989 | Scrapped 1989 | |
Admiral Nakhimov | Sverdlov class | 1953 | 1953-1961 | Scrapped 1961 | |
Mikhail Kutuzov | Sverdlov class | 1954 | 1954-2000 | Museum ship at Novorossiysk | |
Admiral Kornilov | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1957 | |||
Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia | Sverdlov class | 1954 | 1954-1987 | Scrapped 1987 | |
Murmansk | Sverdlov class | 1955 | 1955-1992 | Ran aground 1992, Scrapped in place 2013 | |
Arkhangelsk | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Vladivostok | Sverdlov class | Scrapped Incomplete 1961 | |||
Groznyy | Kynda class | 1962 | 1962-1991 | Scrapped 1991 | |
Admiral Fokin | Kynda class | 1964 | 1964-1993 | Scrapped 1995 | |
Admiral Golovko | Kynda class | 1964 | 1964-2002 | Scrapped 2004 | |
Varyag | Kynda class | 1965 | 1965-1990 | Scrapped 1990 | |
Admiral Zozulya | Kresta I class | 1967 | 1967-1994 | Scrapped 1995 | |
Vladivostok | Kresta I class | 1969 | 1969-1991 | Scrapped 1991 | |
Vitse-Admiral Drozd | Kresta I class | 1968 | 1968-1990 | Sunk 1992 | |
Sevastopol | Kresta I class | 1969 | 1969-1989 | Scrapped 1989 | |
Kronstadt | Kresta II class | 1969 | 1969-1991 | Scrapped 1993 | |
Admiral Isakov | Kresta II class | 1970 | 1970-1993 | Sunk 1994 | |
Admiral Nakhimov | Kresta II class | 1971 | 1971-1991 | Scrapped 1993 | |
Admiral Makarov | Kresta II class | 1972 | 1972-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Khabarovsk | Kresta II class | 1973 | 1973-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Admiral Oktyabrsky | Kresta II class | 1973 | 1973-1993 | Scrapped 1993 | |
Admiral Isachenkov | Kresta II class | 1974 | 1974-1992 | Scrapped 1992 | |
Marshal Timoshenko | Kresta II class | 1975 | 1975-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Vasily Chapayev | Kresta II class | 1976 | 1976-1993 | Scrapped 1993 | |
Admiral Yumashev | Kresta II class | 1977 | 1977-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Nikolayev | Kara class | 1971 | 1971-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Ochakov | Kara class | 1973 | 1973-2011 | Scuttled 2014, As of 2023 still laid up awaiting scrapping | |
Kerch | Kara class | 1974 | 1974-2020 | Scrapped 2020 | |
Azov | Kara class | 1975 | 1975-1998 | Scrapped 2000 | |
Petropavlovsk | Kara class | 1976 | 1976-1992 | Scrapped 1996 | |
Tashkent | Kara class | 1977 | 1977-1992 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Vladivostok | Kara class | 1979 | 1979-1994 | Scrapped 1994 | |
Slava | Slava class | 1982 | 1982-2022 | Sunk 2022 | |
Marshal Ustinov | Slava class | 1986 | 1986–Present | In Service | |
Varyag | Slava class | 1989 | 1989–Present | In Service | |
Ukraina | Slava class | 1990 | 1990-Present | Laid up in Ukraine, Incomplete | |
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya | Slava class | Cancelled and disassembled on the way in 1990 |
Name | Class | Built | In service | Status | Image |
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Vyborg | Väinämöinen class | 1929 | 1947-1966 | Scrapped 1966 |
Name | Class | Built | In service | Status | Image |
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BDK-65 Saratov | Tapir-class | 1966 | 1966-2022 | Sunk on 24 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
BDK-6 | Tapir-class | 1966 | 1966-1992 | Scrapped 1995 | |
BDK-13 | Tapir-class | 1967 | 1967-1994 | ||
BDK-62 | Tapir-class | 1967 | 1967-1997 | ||
BDK-66 Sergey Lazo | Tapir-class | 1968 | 1968-1994 | ||
BDK-69 Orsk | Tapir-class | 1968 | 1968–present | In service | |
BDK-77 | Tapir-class | 1969 | 1969-1994 | ||
Doneckiy Shakhter | Tapir-class | 1969 | 1969-2002 | ||
BDK-100 Krasnaya Presnya | Tapir-class | 1970 | 1970-1993 | Sunk 1995 | |
BDK-104 Ilya Azarov | Tapir-class | 1971 | 1971-2004 | scrapped 2004 | |
Alexandr Tortcev | Tapir-class | 1971 | 1971-1994 | ||
Petr Ilyichev | Tapir-class | 1972 | 1972-1993 | ||
Nikolay Vilkov | Tapir-class | 1974 | 1974–present | In service | |
Nikolay Filchenkov | Tapir-class | 1975 | 1975–present | In service | |
Nikolay Golubkov | Tapir-class | Never completed | |||
(SDK-47) BDK-47 | Ropucha-class | 1974 | 1974-1994 | ||
(SDK-48) BDK-48 | Ropucha-class | 1975 | 1975-1994 | ||
(SDK-63) BDK-63 | Ropucha-class | 1975 | 1975-1994 | ||
(SDK-90) BDK-90 | Ropucha-class | 1975 | 1975-1994 | ||
(SDK-91) BDK-91 Olenegorski Gornjak | Ropucha-class | 1976 | 1976-brought on stand mod. II | Damaged on 4 August by Ukrainian army. | |
(SDK-181) BDK-181 | Ropucha-class | 1976 | 1976-1994 | ||
(SDK-182) BDK-182 Kondopoga | Ropucha-class | 1976 | 1976-brought on stand mod. II | In Service with Russia | |
(SDK-183) BDK-183 Kotlas | Ropucha-class | 1977 | 1977-2005 | ||
(SDK-197) BDK-197 | Ropucha-class | 1977 | 1977-1994 | ||
(SDK-200) BDK-200 | Ropucha-class | 1977 | 1977-1993 | ||
(SDK-55) BDK-55 Aleksandr Otrakowski | Ropucha-class | 1978 | 1978–Present | In Service with Russia | |
(SDK-119) BDK-119 | Ropucha-class | 1979 | 1979-2018 | Sunk 2018 | |
Oslyabya | Ropucha-class | 1981 | 1981–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Admiral Nevelskoy | Ropucha-class | 1982 | 1982–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Minsk | Ropucha-class | 1983 | 1983–Present | In Service with Russia | |
BDK-102 Kaliningrad | Ropucha-class | 1984 | 1984–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Georgiy Pobedonosets | Ropucha-class | 1985 | 1985–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Aleksandr Shabalin | Ropucha-class | 1985 | 1985–Present | In Service with Russia | |
(SDK-64) BDK-64 Tsezar Kunikov 158 | Ropucha-class | 1986 | 1986–Present | In Service with Russia | |
(SDK-46) BDK-46 Novocherkassk 142 | Ropucha-class | 1987 | 1987–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Yamal | Ropucha-class | 1988 | 1988–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Azov | Ropucha-class | 1990 | 1990–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Peresvet | Ropucha-class | 1991 | 1991–Present | In Service with Russia | |
BDK-130 Korolev | Ropucha-class | 1991 | 1991–Present | In Service with Russia | |
Ivan Rogov | Ivan Rogov class | 1978 | 1978-1996 | ||
Aleksandr Nikolayev | Ivan Rogov class | 1982 | 1982-2006 | Undergoing scrapping as of 2023 | |
Mitrofan Moskalenko | Ivan Rogov class | 1990 | 1990-2006 | Undergoing scrapping as of 2023 |
Name | Class | Built | In service | Status | Image |
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Kirov | Kirov class | 1974 | 1980-1990 | Laid up awaiting Scrapping | |
Frunze | Kirov class | 1978 | 1984-1999 | Scrapping began in April 2021 | |
Kalinin | Kirov class | 1983 | 1988–present | Undergoing refit | |
Yuri Andropov | Kirov class | 1986 | 1998–present | Flagship of the Russian North Fleet | |
Dzerzhinskiy | Kirov class | Cancelled 1990 |
Name | Class | Built | In service | Status | Image |
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Arkhangelsk | Revenge class | 1914 | 1916-1949 | Scrapped 1949 | |
Novorossiysk | Conte di Cavour class | 1910 | 1914-1955 | Sunk 1955 | |
Frunze | Gangut class | 1909 | 1914-1949 | Scrapped | |
Marat | Gangut class | 1909 | 1915-1955 | Scrapped | |
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya | Gangut class | 1909 | 1915-1952 | Scrapped | |
Parizhskaya Kommuna | Gangut class | 1909 | 1914-1956 | Scrapped |
Name | Class | Built | In service | Status | Image |
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Moskva | Moskva class | 1964 | 1967-1996 | Scrapped in Greece 1996 | |
Leningrad | Moskva class | 1965 | 1969-1991 | Scrapped in India 1995 | |
Kiev | Moskva class | 1967 | Never Completed | Cancelled 1969 | |
Kiev | Kiev class | 1970 | 1975-1993 | Theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004. | |
Minsk | Kiev class | 1972 | 1978-1993 | Sold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016 | |
Novorossiysk | Kiev class | 1975 | 1982-1993 | Scrapped at Pohang, 1997 | |
Admiral Gorshkov | Kiev class | 1978 | 1987-1996 2013–present | In service with India as INS Vikramaditya from 2013 | |
Admiral Kuznetsov | Kuznetsov class | 1982 | 1991–present | In service with Russian navy | |
Varyag | Kuznetsov class | 1985 | 2012–present | In service with China as Liaoning | |
Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk class | 1988 | Never Completed | Scrapped 1992 40% complete | |
Unnamed | Ulyanovsk class | Cancelled | Cancelled 1991 |
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