Date: 1927
Photo from the Fund of the Kremenchug Museum of Local Lore.
Provided by A. Byshenko
Brief history of the cruiser “Chervona Ukraine”
Light cruiser Chervona Ukraine, 1935. Chervona Ukraine is a Soviet warship, a light cruiser of the Svetlana (Admiral Nakhimov) class. On October 19, 1915, in Nikolaev, the plant of the Russian Shipbuilding Society (Russud) began building the cruisers Admiral Nakhimov (lead) and Admiral Lazarev for the Black Sea Fleet. The First World War and the Civil War stopped construction for a long time.
In February 1919, it was captured by French troops, and in March, raising a red flag, the cruiser went over to the side of the Bolsheviks [source not specified 745 days].
In January 1920, the White Guards towed to Odessa and ran aground there. In February 1920 he was returned to Nikolaev. On April 1, 1923, the Nikolaev State Plants began to complete the construction of the ship according to the original project. December 26, 1922 the cruiser received a new name – “Chervona Ukraine”. “Chervona Ukraine” became part of the fleet on March 21, 1927. Accompanied by the destroyers Nezamozhnyk and Petrovsky, in 1928 the Soviet cruiser paid a friendly visit to Turkey. On July 25, 1929, I.V. Stalin visited the cruiser. In 1930, he made the transition to the Mediterranean Sea, with a visit to Italy and Greece, four years later the cruiser goes to Turkey again. Completely overhauled in 1932.
He took part in battles as part of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War, in the evacuation of Odessa, the defense of Sevastopol. On November 8, 1941, the first of the ships of the squadron opened fire on the advancing enemy troops. On November 12, during an air raid, two bombs hit the cruiser at Grafskaya Wharf, which caused the death of 70 people on the ship, which was seriously damaged. The next day, the ship was towed to the South Bay, where it sank.
3 November 1947 raised. On February 8, 1948, she was docked and repaired. Used as a training station. Since October 30, 1950, the target ship. On May 10, 1952, it was planted on the ground in the area of the Bakal Spit as a target for bombing naval aviation.
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