September 2010. Mediterranean Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: Russia.
Class, [Type]: Krivak, [FFG].
Homeport: Sevastopol.

Builder: Zaliv Shipbuilding yard, Kerch, USSR.
Laid down date: 25 May 1979.
Launch date: 7 May 1980.
Commission date: 25 December 1980.

Displacement ( tons ): 2835 standard, 3200 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 123,5 x 14,5 x 4,3.
Main machinery: COGAG: 2 x DK59 gas turbines ( 36000 hp ); 2 x DO63 gas turbines ( 12000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ): 5000 at 14 knots
Complement: 192 ( 23 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 2 76mm AK-726.
Missiles: SAM: 2 x 2 SS-N-14 ( 40 missiles ).
Mines: 16.
A/S weapons: 1 x 4 URK-5 SS-N-14 SIlex; 2 x 12 mortairs RBU-6000.
Torpedoes: 2 x 4 533mm.
Mines: 16.

Radar: Air/surface Search: Head Net C; Fire Control: 2 x Eye Bowl; Navigation: Don Kay, Don-2.
Sonar: Bull Nose, Mare Tail.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x PK-16.

Comment: Pennant numbers - 802, 815 (1981), 824 (1986), 801 (05.1990).