Mikhail Lazarev
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Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and explorer.
Portrait by Robert Schwede, 1844
Portrait by Georg von Bothmann, 1873
Kirov-class battlecruiser
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The Kirov class, Soviet designation Project 1144 Orlan, is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile heavy cruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest and heaviest surface combatant wars
Mikhail Lazarev
…Admiral Lazarev, a Sverdlov-class cruiser built in the early 1950s The Kirov-class battlecruiser Frunze, renamed Admiral Lazarev after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union Lazarev is buried with his disciples Nakhimov, Kornilov…
Kirov-class battlecruiser Frunze
Admiral Ushakov (ex-Kirov), lead ship of the class, next to the Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov
Aerial port view of the foredeck of Kalinin illustrating the differences from the lead ship of the class. 2 Kortik point defense gun/missile system Empty space intended for 2 Kinzhal vertical SAM launchers
Aerial starboard view of the foredeck of Kirov. 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 pop-up (lowered) Osa SAM launchers 20 P-700 Granit cruise missile launchers 12 S-300 Fort SAM launchers 1 twin "Metel" antisubmarine warfare/surface-to-surface missile launcher