Project 956

Sovremennyy class

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Ships:

Note that all vessels built at A.A. Zhdanov were attached to the 13th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships while under construction, and was attached to the 76th Destroyer Brigade during testing in the Baltic Sea.

Original plans called for 50 units of the class, but in 1976 the number was reduced to 32, after the design was completed, and the total cost had been calculated. In 1988 the number was again reduced, now to 20 units, due to reductions in military spending.

A.A. Zhdanov Shipyard was 2.8.89 renamed the Northern Shipyard.

Sovremennyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 861 - laid down 3.3.76 - launched 18.11.78 - completed 25.12.80; accepted into the Northern Fleet 3.2.81 (56th Destroyer Brigade); 30.12.81 left Liepaya for Sevastopol for more testing, arriving 12.1.82 - during tests at the artillery range, the stem nose of the 130mm gun broke, which had to be repaired (this happened again in 1984); 24.7.82 left Sevastopol, and arrived at Severomorsk 6.8.82; 20.3.83 exercise in Northern waters with KR "Aleksandr Nevskiy", BPK "Soobrazitelnyy", EM "Otchayannyy" and "Byvalyy"; 15.4.83 air defence training with TAKR "Kiev", BPK "Admiral Yumashev", "Zhguchiy" and "Gremyashschiy", EM "Otchayannyy", "Byvalyy" and "Opasnyy", as well as ships of the 2nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; 31.3 to 8.4.84 took part in the "Atlantika-84" exercise; 10.4 to 13.4.84 took part in the "Zapolyare-84" (Transarctic-84) exercise and 19.4 to 25.4.84 in the "Eskadra-84" exercise; 10.84 took part in a exercise to impove ship interactions; 15.1.85 to 4.6.85 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAKR "Kiev" (3.85 to late 5.85), RKR "Vice-Admiral Drozd", BPK "Marshal Timoshenko" and "Stroynyy", EM "Otchayannyy" - 1.3.85 visited Split, Yugoslavia - returned to Severomorsk 4.6.85; 24.3 to 28.3.87 took part in air defence exercise; 24.3.88 artillery training together with EM "Otchayannyy" and "Bezuprechnyy"; 28.8 to 26.9.88 together with BPK "Stroynyy" covered the NATO exercise "Team Work-88" in the Norwegian Sea, including tracking the US carrier "USS Forrestal"; 15.12.88 relegated to the reserve, in preparations for repair work; 25.5.89 began repairs and modernization to Project 956U standard at SRZ-35 at Rosta, Murmansk Oblast, but soon very little work was done due to lack of funding; 1.8.97 at 72% technical readiness; 1.8.98 at 86% technical readiness; 15.11.98 decomissioned

Otchayannyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 862 - laid down 4.3.77 - launched 29.3.80 - completed 30.9.82; 23.9.82 left Baltiysk, and arrived at Severomorsk 2.10.82; accepted into the Northern Fleet 24.11.82 (56th Destroyer Brigade); 15.4.83 air defence training with EM "Sovremennyy"; 20.9 to 27.9.83 took part in the "Okean-83" exercise; 6.11.83 returned home after operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; 31.3 to 5.4.84 took part in the "Atlantika-84" exercise; 5.4 to 13.4.84 took part in the "Zapolyare-84" (Transarctic-84) exercise and 19.4 to 24.4.84 in the "Eskadra-84" exercise; 18.6 to 26.6.84 took part in rescue and escort duties for the damaged submarine K-131 (Echo II class); 10.84 took part in a exercise to impove ship interactions; 15.1.85 to 4.6.85 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAKR "Kiev" (from 3.85 also with EM "Sovremennyy") - including tracking of USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" 8.3 to 26.3.85; 2.5 to 6.5.85 visited Algiers, Algeria, together with TAKR "Kiev" and SKR "Zadornyy"; 10.6 to 20.6.85 took part in the "Atlantika-85" exercise, and finally arrived home at Severomorsk 5.7.85; 10.7 to 20.7.85 took part in a tactical ASW exercise; 22.1 to 14.2.87 artillery training; 3.9.87 left Severomorsk for the Atlantic Ocean, meet RKR "Marshal Ustinov" off the Faroe Islands (en route from the Baltic Fleet), and escorted her to Severomorsk, arriving 17.3.87; 24.3 to 28.3.87 took part in an air defence execise; 30.7 to 5.8.87 took part in weapons exercise; 3.9 to 23.9.87 operations in the Northern Atlantic, including tracking the US carrier "USS Forrestal"; 24.3.88 artillery training; 10.11.88 artillery training; 26.9.89 ASW training; 22.11.89 artillery training; 6.7.90 ASW and missile training; 10.91 during an ASW exercise, two boilers malfunctions, reducing speed to 18 knots, and the destroyer is forced to return to base; 22.5.92 relegated to the reserve; 22.6.92 to 4.1.94 under repair at SRZ-35 in Rosta - not completed; 30.11.94 towed to Severomorsk, and 30.1.95 again relegated to the reserve - cannibalized as spare parts for the other Sovremennyy class destroyers; 1.5.98 transferred to the 43rd Missile Ship Division; 12.9.98 decomissioned; 1.99 to 7.00 scrapped at SRZ-82 in Rostyakovo

Otlichnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 863 - laid down 22.4.78 - launched 21.3.81 - completed 29.9.83; accepted into the Northern Fleet 15.12.83; transferred from the Baltics to Severomorsk 18.4 to 26.4.84; 6.12.84 left Severomorsk for operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea - 25.12.84 to 3.1.85 visited Havana, Cuba, together with two other vessels - 4.1.85 arrived at Cienfuegos, Cuba, and 14.1.85 arrived back at Havana; 17.1 to 24.1.85 took part in the joint Cuban/Soviet exercise "Monkada-85", which including tracking "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower"; 5.2.85 again arrived at Havana, Cuba, and was visited by Raoul Castro; 16.3.85 to 4.85 operated in the Mediterranean; 16.5 to 31.5.85 took part in ASW operations - tracking US submarines in the Northern Atlantic; 6.10.85 artillery training; 20.1.85 to 5.86 operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean - until 23.1.86 took part in ASW operations (exercise "Molyzit") between North Cape and Bear Island - 9.2 to 15.2.86 took part in the Baltic Fleet exercise "Dozor-84" - 20.3 to 23.3.86 tracking USS "Saratoga" - 10.4 to 15.4.86 tracking USS "America" - 26.4 to 29.4.86 visits Benghazi, Libya; 29.4 to 30.4.86 tracking USS "Enterprise" - 21.5.86 while anchoraged off Sicily, and taking cargo onboard from the Panamanian freighter "Esmeralda-N", the destroyer is slightly damaged from a collision with the freighter, and heads for Sevastopol; 8.6 to 30.6.86 repairs at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol, after which the destroyer returns to Severomorsk; 1.87 repairs at SRZ-82 in Roslyakovo; 24.3 to 28.3.87 took part in an air defence exercise; 26.5.88 to 17.12.88 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAKR "Baku" (from 7.88) - 28.5 to 3.7.88 main task is tracking US submarines - visits Tartus, Syria (13.7 to 18.7.88) and Latakia, Syria (22.8 to 29.8.88) - took part in tracking operations (USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower") together with TAKR "Baku", 7.7 to 12.7.88 and 18.7 to 24.7.88 - 27.10 to 31.10.88 again visits Latakia, Syria and takes part in a joint Soviet/Syrian exercise - 1.11 to 21.11.88 under repair in Tartus, Syria, after trouble with the boilers - returns to Severomorsk, escorting TAKR "Baku" - arriving 17.12.88; 7.4 to 19.4.89 radiation monitoring in the area where the submarine K-278 Komsomolets (Mike class) sank; 30.6.89 left Severomorsk for operations in the Mediterranean, but first visited Norfolk, USA (21.7 to 25.7.89) with the RKR "Marshal Ustinov" - 9.10 to 5.11.89 docked for repairs at Tartus, Syria - 12.11 to 17.11.89 visited Algiers, Algeria, during the visit of General Secretary Gorbachev to Algeria - 14.12.89 returned to Severomorsk; planned repair at Sevastopol from 10.91, was cancelled due to the political situation, and the destroyer remained at Severomorsk; from 1.10.91 attached to the 43rd Missile Ship Division; another planned repair at Leningrad 8.93 was also cancelled, as well as a repair at Murmansk from 4.1.94 - both due to lack of funding; 4.1.94 relegated to the reserve, but from 20.11.94 again attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 22.11.98 decomissioned

Osmotritelnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 864 - laid down 27.10.78 - launched 24.5.82 - completed 30.9.84; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 7.12.84; 21.8 to 22.11.85 sailed from Liepaya to Vladivostok, together with TARKR "Frunze" and BPK "Admiral Spiridonov", with visits to Luanda, Angola - Maputo, Mozambique - Aden, South Yemen and Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam along the way - from 25.11.85 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; mid-1986 operations in the South China Sea; 1987 docked during repairs; 15.2 to 9.9.88 operations in the Persian Gulf, including 16 escort operations for at total of 31 ships; 1989 took part in artillery and air defence exercises; 16.8.91 began repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (now attached to the 79th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships), but were stopped almost immediately due to lack of funding - parts were instead cannibalized for other destroyers; 16.8.97 decomissioned; 18.7.98 towed away to Strelok Bay

Bezuprechnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 865 - laid down 28.1.81 - launched 25.7.83 - completed 6.11.85; accepted into the Northern Fleet 7.1.86 - arrived in Severomorsk 4.2.86 - attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 28.8.85 to 12.85 operations in the Mediterranean; 5.1.87 to 23.6.87 operations in the Mediterranean with TAKR "Kiev" and BPK "Admiral Isachenkov", including tracking USS "Nimitz" and visiting Tripoli, Libya (2.6 to 6.5.87); 24.3.88 artillery exercise with EM "Sovremennyy" and "Otchayannyy"; 4.3 to 17.3.89 monitoring the NATO exercise "North Star", and tracking USS "America"; 1.7.90 left Severomorsk - visited Portsmouth, England (9.7 to 13.7.90) - arrived in Severomorsk 21.7.90; 4.1.91 to 25.7.91 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TARKR "Kalinin" - visited Tartus, Syria (10.2 to 20.2.91), Alexandria, Egypt (20.2 - 24.2.91) and Port Said, Egypt (23.2 to 26.2.91); from 1.10.91 attached to the 43rd Missile Ship Division; mid-1993 relegated to the reserve and began repairs at SRZ-35 in Rosta; 4.8.94 towed to Saint Petersburg, and from 3.11.94 began repairs at the Northern Shipyard (A.A. Zhdanov), but very little work was done due to lack of funding; decomissioned 20.7.01

Boevoy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 866 - laid down 26.3.82 - launched 4.8.84 - completed 28.9.86; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 5.11.86 (175th Missile Ship Brigade); during tests there were trouble with the 130mm guns; 22.6.87 to 22.12.87 sailed from the Baltics to Vladivostok, together with BPK "Marshal Shaposhnikov" and "Admiral Zakharov" - along the way, conducted operations in the Persian Gulf - 16 escort mission for a total of 22 ships - 23.7 to 27.7.87 visited Aden, South Yemen - 18.11 to 23.11.87 visited Aden, South Yemen, together with BPK "Admiral Tributs" - 28.11.87 rendevous with Soviet group of warships in the Indian Ocean - 29.11 to 3.12.87 visited Bombay, India - 11.12.87 sailed through the Malacca Strait - 14.12 to 16.12.87 visited Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; 12.5 to 16.5.88 visited Wonsan, North Korea, together with TAKR "Novorossiysk" and BPK "Admiral Zakharov" - visited by the North Korean naval commander; 4.4.89 to 23.9.89 operations in the Persian Gulf - visited Madras, India (14.8 to 18.8.89), and saved 50 Vietnamese from a sinking junk, and delivered them into Cam Ranh Bay; 10.89 night air defence exercise together with BPK "Admiral Tributs" and EM "Osmotritelnyy"; 12.7.90 left Vladivostok, and stayed in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka (16.7 to 18.7.90) - visited San Diego, USA (31.7 to 4.8.90) together with BPK "Admiral Vinogradov" and the tanker "Argun" - 18.8.90 arrived in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, and 22.8.90 in Vladivostok; 15.10.92 to 30.8.93 repair of the main engines at SRZ-178, Vladivostok, and from 25.11.93 began repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 8.95 took part in an ASW exercise together with EM "Bezboyaznennyy"; 1996 the boilers malfunctioned during an exercise, and the destroyer was repaired in 1997; decomissioned 1.12.10

Stoykiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 867 - laid down 28.9.82 - launched 27.7.85 - completed 31.12.86; 10.87 to 4.88 sailed from Liepaya to Vladivostok, with operations in the Persian Gulf along the way - suffered boiler trouble, and stayed for two months overhaul in the Dahlak Archipelago (off Eritrea) - was bombarded there, due to the civil war, and suffered 16 holes in the hull - sailed for Vladivostok (one source says via Bombay, India); 4.88 to 12.88 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 15.1.90 to 7.90 operations in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean - sailed to Sevastopol, via the Suez canal, and was used to deliver a special unit to Latakia, Syria, before returning to the Indian Ocean; from 1.4.91 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 20.11.91 collision with pier one in Abrek Bay; 20.3.92 was to have begun repair at SRZ-178 in Vladivostok - which was cancelled, and instead began repair at Dalzavod, Vladivostok from 22.10.93, but very little work was done, due to lack of financing; from 28.4.94 attached to the 36th Missile Ship Division; 9.96 relegated to the reserve, and was towed to Strlok Bay; decomissioned 30.5.98; 6.4.99 badly listed on it's left side

Okrylennyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 868 - laid down 16.4.83 - launched 31.5.86 - completed 30.12.87; 5.8 to 24.8.88 sailed from Liepaya to Severomorsk (56th Destroyer Brigade); 21.12 to 30.12.88 escort duties for TARKR "Kalinin"; 4.3 to 17.3.89 observed the NATO exercise "North Star" in the Norwegian Sea, and tracked the British HMS "Intrepid" and HMS "Ark Royal"; 1.12.89 to 13.6.90 operations in the Mediterranean (arrived in the Mediterranean 4.1.90) - 14.3 to 31.3.90 visited Tartus, Syria; 14.4 to 21.4.90 tracked USS "Dwight D. Eisenhowe" and USS "Ticonderoga"; 15.8.91 left Severomorsk to visit Portsmouth, England - but had to return home after the abortive coup againt General Secretary Gorbachev - arrived home 19.8.91; late 1991 used in tests of the improved "Moskit" missile; 6.1.94 began repairs at SRZ-82 Rostyakovo, but relegated to the reserve 9.3.94 due to lack of funding - now based at Vidyaevo; 4.97 visited by Russian Navy commander Gromov; 29.11.98 decomissioned

Burnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 869 - laid down 4.11.83 - launched 30.12.86 - completed 30.9.88; 14.10.89 to 14.12.89 sailed from Liepaya to Vladivostok, via the Persian Gulf - 29.10.89 visited Khania, Crete - 30.10.89 visited Port Said, Egypt - 4.11 to 11.11.89 visited Aden, South Yemen - 30.11 to 7.12.89 visited Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (from 13.11.89); 14.10 to 14.11.90 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 3.1 to 20.7.91 operations in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, with temporarily basing at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; from 28.4.94 attached to the 36th Missile Ship Division; 8.98 took part in a joint Russian/US exercise in how to render aid in extraordinary circumstances; 19.4 to 24.4.99 missile training; from 6.99 under repair at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 2.10. to 6.10.99 visited Shanghai, China, together with RKR "Varyag" [both left Vladivostok 26.9.99]; still in service

Gremyashchiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 870 - laid down 23.11.84 - launched 30.5.87 - completed 30.12.88; until 18.8.88 named Vedushchiy; 18.8.88 awarded the Guards title; testing completed 7.4.89; 1.5 to 6.5.89 visited by a delegation from the Bundesmarine; 19.5 to 1.6.89 took part in training duties with the Warzaw Pact; 17.7.89 visited by the commander of the Finnish Navy; 20.7 to 25.7.89 sailed from Baltiysk to Severomorsk (56th Destroyer Brigade); 24.1.90 to 21.7.90 operations in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, together with EM Okrylennyy - 5.3.90 joint manoeuvres with the Italian frigade "Minerva" - 26.4.90 visited Tartus, Syria - 25.6 to 1.7.90 visited Havana, Cuba, and conducted an exercise with the Cuban Navy - 3.7.90 tested the area where the submarine K-219 was sunk; 26.8 to 31.8.91 took part in an event called "Operation Dervish", together with EM "Rastoropnyy", on the 50th anniversary of the first escorted convoy to Murmansk in World War 2; 23.9.91 artillery training; 17.10.91 took part in a missile exercise; 25.3.92 expelled a US ship from Russian waters, together with "Rastoropnyy"; 2.93 took part in a naval exercise; 6.4 to 11.4.93 took part in an air defence exercise, with EM "Okrylennyy" and "Buzuderzhnyy"; 16.5.93 left Severomorsk - 25.5 to 1.6.93 visited Liverpool, England [50th anniversary Battle of the Atlantic celebrations]; 23.4 to 27.10.94 repaired at SRZ-35 in Rosta, and 12.1.94 to 11.3.95 in SRZ-82 Rostyakovo; 28.3.97 relegated to the reserve; from 16.2.98 attached to the 43rd Missile Ship Brigade; decomissioned 18.12.06

Bystryy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 871 - laid down 29.10.85 - launched 28.11.87 - completed 30.9.89; 2.12.89 to Liepaya; 5.8 to 8.6.90 visited Kiel, West Germany, together with "Neukrotimyy"; 21.6 to 23.6.90 took part in a Baltic exercise; 15.9 to 3.11.90 sailed from Sevastopol to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, together with "Chervona Ukraina" - visited Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam - 15.12 to 22.12.90 anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Sea of Japan; now attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 17.2.91 helped extinguish a fire onboard the BPK "Admiral Zakharov"; 24.4 to 26.6.91 took part in an air defence exercise; 14.8 to 16.8.91 took part in an exercise in the Sea of Japan; 18.4 to 22.4.92 took part in an ASW exercise in the Sea of Japan, together with EM "Bezboyaznevnyy"; 8.92 to 9.92 docked at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 13.4.93 visited by the commander of the Chinese Navy; 18.8.93 left Vladivostok with the BPK "Admiral of the Panteleis" and the tanker "Pechenga" - 24.8 to 27.8.93 visited Tsindao, China - 31.8 to 4.9.93 visited Pusan, South Korea - 6.9.93 arrived back in Vladivostok; 10.93 to 3.94 under repair at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 21.4.95 took part in a missile exercise; 25.9.96 took part in a missile exercise, and later took part in the parade of the 300th anniversary of the fleet; 11.12 to 17.12.97 tracked the returning submarine "K-500" (Delta I class); 29.12.98 relegated to the reserve; 2001 decomissioned?

Rastoropnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 872 - laid down 15.8.86 - launched 4.6.88 - completed 30.12.89; 5.7.90 to 9.7.90 transferred from Liepaya to Severomorsk (56th Destroyer Brigade); 7.5.91 took part in a submarine rescue exercise; 26.8 to 31.8.91 took part in an event called "Operation Dervish", together with EM "Gremyashschiy", on the 50th anniversary of the first escorted convoy to Murmansk in World War 2; 25.3.92 expelled a US ship from Russian waters, together with "Gremyashschiy"; 1.7.92 hosted the USS "Yorktown" and USS "O'Bannon", when they visited Severomorsk; 3.8 to 7.8.93 took part in the "Sever-93" exercise; 25.9.93 left Severomorsk - 11.10 to 15.10.93 visited Toulon, France, together with tanker "Dnestr"; 20.7.94 hosted French warships, when they visited Severomorsk; 12.10.94 took part in an artillery exercise; 4.4.95 took part in an air defence exercise, together with EM "Besstrashnyy"; 8.2 to 22.4.96 under repair at SRZ-35 in Rosta; 31.12.97 relegated to the reserve; decomissioned 18.12.06

Bezboyaznennyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 873 - laid down 8.1.87 - launched 18.2.89 - completed 28.11.90; 16.1 to 27.1.91 sailed from Leningrad to Liepaya, with tests conducted in the Baltic; 25.1.91 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (36th Missile Ship Division); 10.6 to 15.6.91 visited Antwerpen, Belgium, together with BPK "Bditelnyy" and returned to Baltiysk 19.6.91; 25.11.91 to 7.1.92 sailed from Baltiysk to Vladivostok, through the Suez canal; 18.4 to 22.4.93 took part in an ASW exercise in the Sea of Japan, together with EM "Bystryy"; 18.8 to 5.9.94 took part in an air defence exercise; 8.95 took part in a parade at Zoloty Rog, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2 in the Pacific; mid-1999 relegated to the reserve; 2002 decomissioned?

Bezuderzhnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 874 - laid down 24.2.87 - launched 30.9.89 - completed 25.6.91; official tests from 19.3.91; 29.3.91 first missile launch (both SSM and SAM); 19.7.91 to Liepaya, and 30.7.91 to Baltiysk; 26.10 to 30.10.91 sailed from Baltiysk to Severomorsk (attached to the 43rd Missile Ship Division from 14.11.91); 11.12.91 sailed to Vidyaevo to escort TAKR "Admiral Kuznetzov"; 5.7.92 took part in a joint Russian/US exercise in the Barents Sea; 6.5.93 left Severomorsk - 26.5 to 31.5.93 visited New York, USA, together with tanker "Sheksna" [50th anniversary Battle of the Atlantic celebrations] - took part in joint Russian/US exercise - returned home to Severomorsk 16.7.93; 8.7 to 27.8.94 repairs at SRZ-82 Rostyakovo; 8.10 to 15.11.94 repairs at SRZ-35 in Rosta - including two boilers replaced; from 15.11.94 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 26.12.94 arrived in Severomorsk; 21.4.95 visited by a delegation from the joint exercise "Rukus-95"; 10.5.95 took part in a World War 2 victory parade in Murmansk; 9.9 to 11.9.96 escorted the submarine "K-157" during missile tests; 14.4.97 took to the sea - checking combat readiness; 5.98 relegated to the reserve; decomissioned 2002?

Bespokoynyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 875 - laid down 18.4.87 - launched 9.6.90 - completed 28.12.91; originally intended for the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade in the Pacific; 29.1.92 ordered to the Black Sea Fleet, but this was cancelled; 13.8.92 a fire breaks out resulting in one dead; 24.8.92 ordered into the Baltic Fleet (128th Missile Ship Brigade); 6.95 took part in the NATO/Russian "Baltops-95" exercise - visited Århus, Denmark (3.6 to 6.6.95) - 6.6.95 joint operations with the USS "Taylor" and the Danish "Hvidbjørnen" - 7.7.95 joint operations with German submarines - 9.6.95 arrived in Gdynia, Poland, and 20.6.95 in Baltiysk; 7.96 to 8.96 took part in the NATO/Russian "Baltops-96" exercise; 1997 took part in the NATO/Russian "Baltops-97" exercise - 12.6.97 left Baltiysk - 14.6.97 arrived in Gdynia, Poland - exercises with Polish submarines - 20.6.97 visited Kiel, Germany; 1998 repairs at Yantar, Kaliningrad (two months); 4.7 to 27.7.98 visited Plymouth, England - Zeebrugge, Belgium and Den Helder, Holland; 13.5 to 18.5.99 visited Stockholm, Sweden, together with "Liven" and "Passat" (Nanuchka class boats); 15.10.99 visited by the Belorussian president; 19.4.00 took part in air defence and missile exercises, together with "Pylkiy" and "Neustrashimyy"; still in service

Nastoychivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 876 - laid down 7.4.88 - launched 19.1.91 - completed 28.12.92; until 15.2.92 named Moskovskiy Komsomolets;  accepted into the Baltic Fleet 5.2.93 (128th Missile Ship Brigade); 16.6.93 left Baltiysk - 19.6 to 26.6.93 visited Kiel, Germany - 28.6 to 2.7.93 visited Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 7.7.93 arrived in Baltiysk; 4.7 to 24.7.94 visited Rouen and Le Havre, France, and took part in the "Squadron of Freedom"; 30.4 to 20.7.95 under repair, and took part in a parade off the Neva estuary; 23.6.96 visted by Russian president Yeltsin; 7.96 to 8.96 took part in the NATO/Russian "Baltops-96" exercise - visited Eckernförde, Germany (6.7 to 16.7.96); 31.9.96 left Baltiysk, and visited Cherbourg, France (10.10 to 13.10.96); 17.2.97 left Baltiysk - took part in the exhibition of armaments in Abu Dhabi (15.3 to 18.3.97) - on the return voyage visited Simonstown, South Africa (2.4 to 6.4.97) and Cape Town, South Africa, where President Nelson Mandela visited the ship; 30.4.97 arrived back in Baltiysk; 4.9.97 visited by the Russian minister of defence; 10.97 escort mission for new diesel submarine; 1998 took part in the joint NATO/Russian "Baltops-98" exercise; 26.7.98 visited by the commander of the Russian Navy; 5.99 docked at Yantar, Kaliningrad; 21.9 to 18.11.99 was used to train Chinese seamen at Kronshtadt; 8.2.00 visited by the commander of the Bundesmarine; still in service

Besstrashnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 877 - laid down 6.5.88 - launched 28.12.91 - completed 30.12.93; 23.5.94 to Kronshtadt; 2.6.94 to Baltiysk; 9.8 to 16.8.94 from Baltiysk to Severomorsk - now attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 4.4.95 took part in an artillery exercise, together with EM "Rastoropnyy"; 6.5 to 9.5.95 visited Oslo, Norway; 22.11.95 took part in an artillery exercise; 21.12.95 to 22.3.96 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAVKR "Admiral Kuznetsov", APL "Volk" (Project 971), SKR "Pylkiy", tankers "Dnestr" and "Olekma" (both from the Black Sea Fleet) - 4.1.96 passed through the Gibraltar Strait - visited Tartus, Syria (29.1 to 3.2.96) and La Valetta, Malta (17.2 to 18.2.96 - with TAVKR "Admiral Kuznetsov"); 8.96 to 9.96 docked at SRZ-82 Rostyakovo; 14.4.97 took to the sea, to check combat readiness; 16.4 to 17.4.97 and 23.4 to 25.4.97 took part in command staff exercises; 21.8.97 artillery training; 2.9.97 missile training; 16.9.97 left Severomorsk - 22.9 to 26.9.97 visited Portsmouth, England - 4.10.97 took fuel on board in Kattegat from the tanker "G. Gasanov" - 8.10.97 arrived back in Severomorsk; from 1.5.98 attached to the 43rd Missile Ship Division; 6.2000 to 22.7.03 under repair at MP Zvezdochka in Severodvinsk; 12.03 renamed Admiral Ushakov; still in service

Vazhnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 878 - laid down 4.11.88 - launched 27.5.94 - completed 25.12.99; originally planned for the 175th Missile Ship Brigade in the Pacific Fleet; 8.97 sold to China; 15.10.97 renamed Ekaterinburg; 19.7.99 sailed from St. Petersburg to Baltiysk; 27.8.99 testing begun; 25.10.99 the Russian flag was lowered, and the destroyer was renamed Hangzhou; 10.1.2000 left the Baltics for China

Vdumchivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 879 - laid down 22.4.89 - launched 16.4.99 - completed 25.11.00; 30.8.95 renamed Aleksandr Nevskiy; tests began 7.2000 under the 13th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships; originally intended for the Northern Fleet; 8.97 sold to China, and renamed Fuzhou

Buynyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 880 - laid down early 1991 - hull launched 2001; Project 956U - not completed

Vechnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 881 - laid down 1992; Project 956U - not completed

Vnushitelnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 891 - laid down 3.7.02 - launched 27.4.04 - completed 28.12.05; Project 956EM; serves in the Baltic Fleet

Vechnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 892 - laid down 15.11.02 - launched 23.7.04 - completed 28.9.06; Project 956EM; serves in the Baltic Fleet

Vnushitelnyy - 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - serial no. 2211 - laid down 30.8.83; intended for the Black Sea Fleet; 1.85 all construction temporarily stopped, due to the workload on the Project 1164 cruisers (Slava class); 10.87 cancelled; the hull was launched 17.10.87 and used as a storage barge in Nikolayev; scrapped in 1996