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?It should not come as a surprise if players on this ship who are familiar with the RTS game series Red Alert to occasionally throw "Kirov reporting" as a homage to the Soviet faction's iconic unit the Kirov airship.+
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?The Kirov, for the most part, is the first step of the unique cruiser builds Russia ever made, and she shows off her uniqueness by her ergonomics. Sporting nine 180mm guns in fairly fast turning triple mount turrets in the AB-X configuration, the Kirov can fare against her peers in firefights and very likely railing citadel damage against them, potentially destroy destroyers with a single HE salvo and giving battleships something to be wary upon despite the 15 second load time. However, the most glaring drawbacks for this cruiser are the range she's seen so almost always expect that if you attempt to join your peers in a fast maneuver you are the first thing to be seen and while the Kirov can take, she will most certainly die from a battleship's salvo in short order if you are not careful and the AA suite which leaves much to be desired.+
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?'''Pros'''+
?* Unrivaled range in her class at her tier, only edging out Koenigsberg in several meters+
?* Biggest caliber of guns of her class at her tier+
?* Fast turning turrets+
?* Impressive damage on guns+
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?''Cons'''+
?* Long load time comparable to her colleague Furutaka+
?* Subpar AA suite+
?* Slow shell velocity which may be problematic against fast ships+
?* Questionable armor; frequently zigzag or face citadel damage+
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?Kirov (Russian: Киров) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War, World War II and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the Evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the Siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.+
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?File:CruiserKirov.JPG{{!}}A model of Kirov displayed in the Central Naval Museum in Saint Petersburg+
?File:Kirov Forward Turrets 3.jpg{{!}}Kirov memorial and environment+
?File:Kirov Forward Turrets 2.jpg{{!}}Kirov memorial+
?File:Kirov Forward Turrets 4 plaque.jpg{{!}}Kirov memorial plaque+
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