1994. Varna. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: USSR.
Class, [Type]: Kara, [CG].
Homeport: Sevastopol.

Builder: Shipbuilding Yard 61 Communards, Nikolayev, USSR.
Laid down date: 30 April 1971.
Launch date: 21 July 1972.
Commission date: 25 December 1974.

Displacement ( tons ): 6670 standard, 8565 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 173,4 x 18,5 x 5,74.
Main machinery: COGAG: 4 x gas turbines ( 92000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ): 5200 at 20 knots.
Complement: 380 ( 49 officers ).

Missiles: SAM/SSM: 2 x 2 SA-N-3 Goblet ( 80 missiles ); SAM: 2 x 2 SA-N-4 Gecko ( 40 missiles ).
Guns: 2 x 2 76mm AK-726, 4 x 6 30mm AK-630.
A/S weapons: 2 x 4 SS-N-14 Silex; 2 x 12 mortairs RBU-6000 ( 144 RGB–60 ), 2 x 6 mortairs RBU-1000 ( 48 RGB–10 ) .
Torpedoes: 2 x 2 533mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes ( torpedoes SET-53 or 53-65K ).

Radar: Air/surface Search: Flat Screen, Head Net C; Fire Control: 2 x Head Light, 2 x Pop Group, 2 x Owl Screech, 2 x Bass Tilt; Navigation: Don Kay, Don-2.
Sonar: Bull Nose, Mare Tail.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 2 PK-2.
Helicopter: 1 x Кa-27 Helix.