Chapayev-class (Pr.68) cruiser

Description

The Chapayev-class (Pr.68) and her successor Sverdlov-sub-class (Pr.68-bis) cruisers were a series of cruisers built for the Soviet Navy and would be the last conventional cruisers of the USSR during World War II and after.

Vehicles

Rank I

• Pr.68-K "Chapayev" ₍₁₉₅₀₎ (Чапаев, Named after Vasily Chapayev)

Rank II

• Pr.68-K "Zheleznyakov" ₍₁₉₅₁₎ (Безудержный, Named after Anatoly Zheleznyakov)
• Pr.68-bis "Sverdlov" ₍₁₉₅₂₎ (Свердлов, Named after Yakov Sverdlov)

History

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