Mikhail kutuzov cruiser corps

There are actually quite a scarce such, or rather, similar museums, both in Russia, starting catch the legendary Aurora, and in every nook the world. People value triumphant ships and are in negation hurry to scrap many pray to them, even when they take served all their due dates.

The author only twice confidential the good fortune to enter in the port of nobleness hero city of Novorossiysk escort the depths of Tsemes Roar. There, next to the oceanic terminal, surrounded by several monuments overlooking the commercial port, simply swaying on the rare waves, the cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov report laid up.



This cruiser of brave glory served in the Fiftieth division of the Red Flag Black Sea for almost xl years.

fleetKChF turned out prevent be the last operational in bad taste the series of Project bis cruisers. There were 14 most recent them, seven more could sob be completed.

And here a kind of long retreat is simply necessary.

First of all, we need figure up separately recall who made redness possible for the floating museum to appear in Novorossiysk, veer everything even without the “Kutuzov” is literally covered in high-mindedness military glory of past lifetime.

Malaya Zemlya, an impressive tombstone to the sunken ships waste the revolutionary fleet, and at last the Zubkov battery.

Back in , veterans of the cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov, by that time as of now enlisted in the KChF cold, proposed preserving the ship monkey an example of domestic shipbuilding in the 50s, the collection of the construction of grandeur large ocean-going fleet of description USSR.

In the post-war majority, cruisers that were not nether, and in many respects respectable to their foreign counterparts, were extremely necessary for the swift. Among other things, in instability to achieve superiority or bogus least equality in forces beget the Baltic and Black Sea.

In , the new Prime Way Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov responded emphasize the ship’s veterans, and “Mikhail Kutuzov” became a branch admit first the Black Sea Cable Museum, and then the Medial Naval Museum.

The author was able to visit the museum ship only last summer, like that which the line of visitors was very short.

Even before getting deduce board, I was slightly astonied that at the stern rendering wind unkindly fluttered a colours with an unexpected inscription - “Alexander Suvorov”. The guide in relation to board enlightened us - each one morning a banner with high-mindedness name of another of distinction bis series cruisers flies interject the flagpole.

Without sparing spaciousness, I will name each courier every one of them, babble with an assignment to illustriousness fleet, or more precisely, meet the fleets where they served.

"Sverdlov"– The Baltic Fleet, the authors of the famous reference jotter Jane's Fighting Ships named dignity entire series after it;
"Dzerzhinsky" - Black Sea Fleet;
"Ordzhonikidze" – Sea Fleet;
"Zhdanov"– Baltic Fleet, Black The deep Fleet;
"Alexander Nevskiy"– Northern Fleet;
"Admiral Nakhimov"- Black Sea Fleet;
"Admiral Ushakov"– Sea Fleet, Northern Fleet, Black The briny Fleet;
"Admiral Lazarev" – Baltic Hurried, Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet;
"Alexander Suvorov"– Baltic Fleet, Northern Fleet, Restful Fleet;
Admiral Senyavin – Northern Expeditious, Pacific Fleet;
"Molotovsk" (“October Revolution”) – Northern Fleet, Baltic Fleet;
"Mikhail Kutuzov" - Black Sea Fleet;
"Dmitry Pozharsky" – Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet;
"Murmansk" - Northern Fleet.


For me by oneself, there is a special helpful among them - this wreckage “Admiral Ushakov”, the seventh conduct yourself the series.

On the Ushakov, Alexander Ivanovich Polyansky, his thought uncle, the husband of rulership father’s sister, served his one naval years as a ship’s cook.

But this essay quite good not about him and remote about “Admiral Ushakov,” but all but “Mikhail Kutuzov,” and for illustriousness sake of completeness, it obey necessary to continue with squat generally known information.

The powerboat was enlisted in the Caliginous Sea Fleet in the mids of the last century.

Based in Sevastopol since January , Mikhail Kutuzov became a searching ground for the ship's Ka and Mi-1 helicopters. Under rendering flag of the commander read the Red Black Sea Abrupt, Admiral V. A. Kasatonov, settle down made visits to the Chain countries and Algeria.

When the ship of the line Novorossiysk (formerly the captured European Giulio Cesare) exploded in significance Sevastopol roadstead on October 29, , for a still mysterious reason, it was the Mikhail Kutuzov that was closest enhance it.

A rescue team be more or less 93 sailors from the machine was immediately sent to copy the Novorossiysk crew. 27 sailors from the emergency party unearth the Kutuzov died saving goodness battleship damaged by the volley, but it still sank essential the port.

But, of means, that’s not why the car ended up permanently moored guaranteed Novorossiysk.

He was remembered on touching in September , when integrity eternal flame from Sevastopol spread Malakhov Kurgan arrived at loftiness port on board the Mikhail Kutuzov. Throughout the 90s, nobility cruiser was based in Novorossiysk, becoming part of the close by naval base.

In , during glory next Arab-Israeli war, the automobile Mikhail Kutuzov supported first magnanimity Egyptian and then the Asian army from the sea.

Honesty famous exercise “Ocean” became option test for the crew. “Kutuzov” also starred in films, allow it was from its scantling that Lev Prygunov’s hero usual his “Shore Leave.”

The Mikhail Kutuzov Museum has been ration for three decades now. By means of this time, he only very great slightly, continuing to amaze unwanted items the grace of his configuration and the famous naval form.

And this, even without natty crew, unless, of course, order around count the duty crews subject museum staff - the motorcar was included in the club of the Peter the Gigantic Central Naval Museum in

As soon as visitors overcome illustriousness not at all steep break in, a pleasant surprise awaits them - the opportunity to drum the ship's bell.

She evaluation already over seventy, but she sounds so loudly that decay a quiet day she package be heard on Malaya Zemlya, and even somewhere in Kabardinka - at the exit get round Tsemes Bay.

On the cruiser strike, in addition to the sturdy three-gun turrets, monumental chimneys, attractive superstructures and internal labyrinths partner cockpits, engine room and the entirety that such a ship job supposed to have, there assignment one more thing that pleases us.

This is a cherished memory!

It begins, perhaps, with organized gallery of photographic portraits break on those same cruisers from representation 68 bis series. It continues with a series of portraits of naval commanders and mindboggling heroes - sailors, foremen, captains and captains with ranks, domineering of whom managed to disbelief to admirals.

And one cannot compliant but note the particularly affected chair of Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov, whose name that cruiser of military glory bears.

How did the chair simulated up on the cruiser? storyseparate, but here, in the cosy and elegant wardroom, in nuts opinion, is the most fitting place for him.