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Moskva (Russian: Москва — "Moscow", formerly Slava (Russian: Слава — "Glory")) is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy. The ship is currently named for the city of Moscow. As Slava[edit] Slava was laid down in 1976 in Shipyard 445 of the 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant in Nikolayev, was launched in 1979, and commissioned on 30 January 1983. Slava played a role in the Malta Summit (2-3 December 1989) between Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush. She was used by the Soviet delegation, while the US delegation had their sleeping quarters aboard USS Belknap.[1][2][3] The ships were anchored in a roadstead off the coast of Marsaxlokk. Stormy weather and choppy seas resulted in some meetings being cancelled or rescheduled, and gave rise to the moniker the "Seasick Summit" among international media. In the end, the meetings took place aboard Maxim Gorkiy, a Soviet cruise ship anchored in the harbor at La Valletta. Slava returned to Nikolayev in December 1990 for a refit but was not returned to service until April 2000. As Moskva[edit] Recommissioned as Moskva in April 2000, she replaced the Kynda-class cruiser Admiral Golovko as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.[4] In early April 2003, Moskva, along with Pytlivy, Smetlivy, and a landing ship departed Sevastopol for exercises in the Indian Ocean with a Pacific Fleet task group (Marshal Shaposhnikov and Admiral Panteleyev) and the Indian Navy.[5] The force was supported by the Project 1559V tanker Ivan Bubnov and the Project 712 ocean-going tug Shakhter. In August 2008, in response to the Georgian crisis, Moskva was deployed to secure the Black Sea.[6][7][8] After Russia's recognition of Abkhazia's independence, the ship was stationed at the Abkhazian capital, Sukhum.[9] On 3 December 2009, Moskva was laid up for a month at floating dock PD-30 for a scheduled interim overhaul which comprised replacement of cooling and other machinery, reclamation work at bottom and outboard fittings, propulsion shafts and screws, clearing and painting of bottom and above-water parts of the ship's hull. In April 2010 it was reported that the cruiser would join other navy units in the Indian Ocean to conduct exercises.[10] In August 2013 the cruiser visited Havana, Cuba [11] In late August 2013, the cruiser was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in response to the build-up of American warships along the coast of Syria.[12] During the 2014 Crimean Crisis, Moskva was responsible for blockading the Ukrainian fleet in Donuzlav Lake.[13] Since the end of September 2015, while in eastern Mediterranean, the cruiser is charged with the air defences for the Russian aviation group based near the Syrian town of Latakia that conducts the air campaign in Syria.[14] On 25 November 2015, after the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown, it was reported that Moskva, armed with the S-300F surface-to-air missile system,[15] would be deployed near the coastal Syria-Turkey border.[16] Name: Slava (in Soviet service) Namesake: Glory Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev Laid down: 1976 Launched: 1979 Commissioned: 30 January 1983 Decommissioned: September 1990 Name: Moskva (in 2000) Namesake: Moscow Recommissioned: April 2000 Status: In service, Black Sea Fleet General characteristics Class & type: Slava-class cruiser Displacement: 12,490 tons Length: 186.4 m (611.5 ft) Beam: 20.8 m (68.2 ft) Draught: 8.4 m (27.6 ft) Propulsion: 4 COGOG gas turbines, 2 shafts 121,000 shp (90,000 kW) Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Complement: 480 Sensors and processing systems: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar Palm Frond navigation radar Pop group SA-N-4 fire control radar Top Dome SA-N-6 fire control radar Bass Tilt AK-360 CIWS System fire control radar Bull horn MF hull mounted sonar Electronic warfare & decoys: Rum Tub and Side Globe EW antennas 2 × PK-2 DL (140mm chaff / flare) Armament: 16 × P-500 Bazalt or P-1000 Vulkan anti-ship missiles 8 × 8 (64) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles 2 × 20 (40) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM 1 × twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns 6 × AK-630 close-in weapons systems 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars 10 × (2 quin) 533mm torpedo tubes Armour: Splinter plating Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-25 or Ka-27 Helicopter The Slava-class cruiser (Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant) is a type of large, conventionally powered warship, designed and constructed for the Soviet Navy and currently operated by the Russian Navy. The design started in the late 1960s, based around use of the P-500 Bazalt missile, and was intended as a less expensive conventionally powered alternative to the nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruisers.