Why unbuilt Soviet battleship names cannot be predicted

Which Soviet states would give their names to ships six through fifteen of the Sovetsky Soyuz class?

The names are unknown, and a state-based naming pattern need not have continued.

Further ships need not have followed the existing state-name pattern. Stalin, other revolutionary leaders, celebrated battles, and revolutionary references are offered as possible alternatives. Choosing ten state names would therefore create a certainty the proposed programme does not support. The eventual decisions would depend on the commissars and Stalin.