The Krasny Krym (Red Crimea) was a Svetlana-class light cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1910s. She was laid down as Svetlana, the lead ship of the class on 7th December 1913 and commissioned on 1st July 1928. The delays were caused by German advance in WWI and later the Russian Revolution during which work on the ship was halted. In the late 1930s, she underwent refit during which she received new fire control equipment, three twin Minizini mounts and four 45 mm 21-K guns, as well as seven 12.7 mm DShK machine guns. Later on, the 45 mm guns were replaced by ten 37 mm 61-K automatic cannons. After the attack on the Soviet Union, Krasny Krym supported defenders of Odessa providing shore bombardment and escorting convoys. During the Siege of Sevastopol, she performed convoy escort duties, ferrying men and supplies into the besieged city and providing naval gunfire support. On 18th June 1942, she was awarded the Guards title for her performance during the Kerch-Feodosiyan Operation. Between August and October 1942, she evacuated troops from Novorossiysk and ferried troops to Tuapse and Gelendzhik. Since October 1943, she was forced to stay in port due to Stalin forbidding deployment of naval forces unless approved directly by him due to an incident in which 3 destroyers were lost to the Germans. Krasny Krym was reclassified as a training ship in 1954, she served in this role until 7th May 1957 when she was redesignated as experimental ship before being reclassified as floating barracks on 18th March 1959. She was sold for scrap in July 1959.

Krasny Krym was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic". It is armed with 15 x 130 mm guns, arranged in single mounts; while on paper this may seem impressive, it can fire only a maximum of 8 guns at one target, which with its low calibre for its type means it won't do as much damage as other cruisers. The Krasny Krym is also very slow: while its counterparts steam at around 50 - 60 km/h, Krasny Krym's max speed is 48 km/h, only 3 km/h faster than HMS Dreadnought. However, where the Krasny Krym does shine is in its survivability. Whilst the armour on the vessel isn't especially thick, the armour layout is quite comprehensive and most of the ship is protected by at least some armour. An inbound shell coming at a random angle is could easily encounter two or three layers of protection. This keeps the ship relatively resistant to explosive fragmentation and the armouring is thick enough to halt a fair amount of the armour-piercing shells that will be thrown your way at its BR. Along with the armour is a sizeable crew of 852 men, which can allow for the Krasny Krym to endure surprising levels of punishment and keep fighting. Like other cruisers of its tier, Krasny Krym has a decent AA battery which can deter incoming aircraft, though may not stop a determined attacker until after they have dropped their ordnance.