Did Soviet missile preferences already produce an arsenal ship?

Would an arsenal ship suit the Soviet preference for cruise missiles?

The Kirov class is presented as effectively moving in that direction, although the ships are nuclear-powered and called battlecruisers.

The Kirov class is offered as an example of where Soviet enthusiasm for cruise missiles led. In this comparison, the large nuclear-powered ships already approach the arsenal-ship idea while retaining their battlecruiser designation.