Zvezda Ships 1/350 Soviet Marat Battleship Kit

This Baltic Fleet battleship carried the name Marat from 1921 to 1943. It was commissioned in 1914 under the name Petropavlovsk and became the third dreadnought of the Gangut-class. This model represents the battleship after reconstruction of 1928-1931. Marat supported the land forces during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland. The ship defended Leningrad during World War II. Its anti-aircraft guns shot down two German aircraft on the second day of the war.