Zvezda Ships 1/700 Russian Petr Velikiy Nuclear Powered Missile Cruiser Kit
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ZVE-9017
- - Waterline version
- - Detailed plastic parts with 7 sprues.
- - Decals for 3 ships - Petr Velikiy, Admiral Nakimov & Yurij Andropov
Petr Velikiy is a heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser, the fourth Kirov class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy, originally shipyard named Yuri Andropov. Although the ship is not a battlecruiser by the traditional definition of the type, but a missile cruiser (official: "Heavy Rocket Cruiser"), its size has given it the unofficial designation of a battlecruiser in the mass media of many countries. Petr Velikiy is the flagship of the Northern Fleet.
Because of economic problems both before and after the fall of the Soviet Union, work on the ship was severely postponed. It was not commissioned until 1996, ten years after construction started. It had by then been renamed Petr Velikiy, Russian for Peter the Great.
Because of economic problems both before and after the fall of the Soviet Union, work on the ship was severely postponed. It was not commissioned until 1996, ten years after construction started. It had by then been renamed Petr Velikiy, Russian for Peter the Great.
