Grozny

Groznyy was the lead ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class guided missile cruisers (, RKR), also known as the Kynda class. Originally designated a destroyer, the vessel was reclassified as a cruiser on 29 September 1962. Design Displacing standard and full load, Groznyy was in length. Power was provided by two TV-12 steam turbines, fuelled by four KVN-95/64 boilers and driving two fixed pitch screws. Design speed was , which the ship exceeded. The ship was designed for anti-ship warfare around two quadruple SM-70 P-35 launchers for sixteen 4K44 missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-3 'Shaddock'). To defend against aircraft, the ship was equipped with a single twin ZIF-102 M-1 Volna launcher with sixteen V-600 4K90 (SA-N-1 'Goa') missiles forward and two twin guns aft, backed up by two single guns. Defence against submarines was provided by two triple torpedoes and a pair of RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers. In 1975, the missiles were updated, the main radar was upgraded to MR-310A and two Uspekh-U radars were added. Four AK-630 close-in weapon systems were also added in the 1980s to improve anti-missile defence.