Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Sverdlov Class Cruisers

Postwar Soviet light cruisers armed with twelve 152 mm guns in four triple turrets.

Also searchable as Project 68 Bis, Sverdlov Class.

Related time notes

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    48:27The counterfactual decision to defend Atlantic reinforcementsChapter
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  3. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    2:30:00Why the US Navy retained all-gun heavy cruisersQ&A
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    19:08Kirov-class cruisers as an offset strategyChapter
  5. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:33Why the US Navy retired its older cruisersQ&A
  6. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:32:33How Bismarck shaped Soviet surface-raider doctrineNotable Point
  7. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    1:16:06A larger Soviet surface-raiding fleet in the 1950sQ&A
  8. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    7:39:13Would Soviet cruisers retain 6-inch guns in a Tiger Cub world?Q&A
  9. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    29:42Which Cold War warships most deserve preservation?Q&A
  10. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:12:17Why Des Moines is the Sverdlov class's dedicated predatorQ&A
  11. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:27:36Western response to a large Soviet cruiser programQ&A
  12. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:20:42What escorts and doctrine support the Soviet carriers?Q&A
  13. The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans
    1:25:53Soviet cruisers fuse Italian lines with northern requirementsNotable Point
  14. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:53:06Soviet expansion and the durability of better-funded constructionNotable Point
  15. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    25:53Sverdlov construction could have triggered a postwar cruiser raceQ&A
  16. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    24:32Sverdlov cruisers revive the problem of naval diplomacyChapter
  17. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    6:44A gun-armed escort for a Soviet carrier forceChapter
  18. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    1:34:34Smaller Soviet task groups push toward NorwayChapter
  19. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    58:53Sverdlov-class cruisers demanded a heavier counterQ&A
  20. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    3:19:20The Cuban crisis strengthened Gorshkov's case for surface shipsChapter
  21. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    0:28Sverdlov and the limits of reading later doctrine backwardChapter
  22. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    5:08Why continued Sverdlov construction suggests a practical naval purposeNotable Point
  23. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    41:10Could an unfinished Sverdlov become a light aircraft carrier?Q&A
  24. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    44:32Why two Darings were a doubtful answer to a SverdlovNotable Point
  25. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    50:49What was the Royal Navy's purpose-built counter to Sverdlov?Q&A
  26. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    1:04:32How Sverdlovs complicated NATO's anti-submarine effortNotable Point
  27. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    3:21Why the Royal Navy treated Sverdlov as an ocean-raider threatChapter
  28. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    11:08Sverdlov's four overlapping missionsChapter
  29. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    19:58The larger Soviet task-group vision behind SverdlovNotable Point
  30. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    27:54Finding a Sverdlov across the oceans was a strategic problem of its ownNotable Point
  31. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    29:31Sverdlov's speed, gun battery, and armour schemeChapter
  32. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    32:51Sverdlov's guns as visible instruments of Soviet diplomacyChapter
  33. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    37:27Soviet retention kept the gun-cruiser option alive into the Falklands eraNotable Point
  34. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    38:37Zhdanov's command-ship conversion preserved a heavily armed fleet flagshipNotable Point
  35. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    41:47Helicopter trials widened the class's training and experimental valueNotable Point
  36. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    44:03Alexander Suvorov's Aden broadside made gunboat diplomacy literalNotable Point
  37. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    48:10Protected piping and steering gear reveal attention to battle damageNotable Point
  38. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    49:09Admiral Senyavin linked a Northern Sea Route transfer with Far East presenceNotable Point
  39. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    53:21Dmitri Pozharsky combined carrier surveillance with disaster reliefNotable Point
  40. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    55:23Ordzhonikidze and the unresolved Lionel Crabb espionage caseChapter
  41. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:07:36Prestigious names and fleet transfers turned cruisers into Soviet status shipsNotable Point
  42. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:13:55Project 70E turned a Sverdlov into a missile test shipNotable Point
  43. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:17:22Mikhail Kutuzov preserves Sverdlov's mixed design lineageNotable Point
  44. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:19:24October Revolution paired Project 68A modernization with repeated presence missionsNotable Point
  45. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:22:49Murmansk embodied the final refinement of the Sverdlov hullChapter
  46. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:25:21The Sverdlov threat shaped Western strike-aircraft and fleet planningNotable Point
  47. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:26:40A raider could damage the global economy without sinking every merchant shipChapter
  48. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:30:42Murmansk's Norwegian wreck became an engineering and pollution problemChapter
  49. Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace
    20:52Project 68 trades Kirov's 180 mm guns for twelve six-inch weaponsChapter
  50. Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace
    1:01:33The Sverdlov class folds wartime lessons into Project 68Notable Point
  51. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    1:08:49From Project 65 to the Sverdlov classChapter
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    2:50:57HMS Vanguard's usefulness in 1944 and after the warQ&A
  53. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:31:10Toss bombing, Sverdlov cruisers, and the nuclear thresholdQ&A
  54. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:43:05A postwar cruiser-destroyer could have been a durable Royal Navy platformQ&A
  55. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:31:40Tiger offered poor value against SverdlovQ&A
  56. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:40:22Sverdlov was built to win the presence warNotable Point
  57. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:47:54British influence on Sverdlov was limitedQ&A
  58. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    2:09:53Why the Town class remained useful after 1945Q&A
  59. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    12:39The Buccaneer as an answer to Sverdlov-class cruisersNotable Point
  60. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    15:44Soviet cruisers were designed to disperse NATO strengthChapter
  61. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    29:29A Soviet strike could fracture alliance politicsChapter
  62. An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.
    1:21:59The Buccaneer carried an anti-cruiser design legacyNotable Point
  63. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    32:13Sverdlov cruisers and the Panzerschiff lineageNotable Point
  64. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class
    30:44A speculative lineage from Henderson to DaringNotable Point