Kirov-class battlecruiser
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The Kirov-class battlecruiser is a series of massive, nuclear-powered guided-missile warships built by the Soviet Union, among the largest and most heavily armed surface combatants ever constructed.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kirov class | 1 |
| Kirov-class battlecruiser canonical | 1 |
| Kirov-class cruisers | 1 |
| Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1947806 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirov-class battlecruiser Context triple: [Soviet Navy, notableShipClass, Kirov-class battlecruiser]
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A.
Soviet cruiser Kalinin
Soviet cruiser Kalinin was a Kirov-class light cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served in the Pacific Fleet during World War II and the early Cold War.
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B.
Orion-class battleship
The Orion-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century British Royal Navy "super-dreadnoughts" that significantly advanced battleship design with heavier armament and improved armor.
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C.
Kongō-class battlecruiser
The Kongō-class battlecruiser was a group of fast, heavily armed Imperial Japanese Navy capital ships built in the early 20th century that served prominently in both World Wars.
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D.
Iron Duke-class battleship
The Iron Duke-class battleships were a group of British Royal Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, noted for their role in World War I, including participation in the Battle of Jutland.
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E.
Soviet Class A2
Soviet Class A2 was a second-tier football league in the Soviet Union that functioned as the primary division below the top Soviet Championship League.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirov-class battlecruiser Target entity description: The Kirov-class battlecruiser is a series of massive, nuclear-powered guided-missile warships built by the Soviet Union, among the largest and most heavily armed surface combatants ever constructed.
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A.
Soviet cruiser Kalinin
Soviet cruiser Kalinin was a Kirov-class light cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served in the Pacific Fleet during World War II and the early Cold War.
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B.
Orion-class battleship
The Orion-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century British Royal Navy "super-dreadnoughts" that significantly advanced battleship design with heavier armament and improved armor.
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C.
Kongō-class battlecruiser
The Kongō-class battlecruiser was a group of fast, heavily armed Imperial Japanese Navy capital ships built in the early 20th century that served prominently in both World Wars.
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D.
Iron Duke-class battleship
The Iron Duke-class battleships were a group of British Royal Navy dreadnoughts built in the early 20th century, noted for their role in World War I, including participation in the Battle of Jutland.
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E.
Soviet Class A2
Soviet Class A2 was a second-tier football league in the Soviet Union that functioned as the primary division below the top Soviet Championship League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of warship
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guided-missile cruiser ⓘ nuclear-powered surface combatant ⓘ |
| airDefenseSystem |
Osa-MA
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S-300F Fort long-range SAM system ⓘ
surface form:
S-300F Fort
|
| airGroup | helicopters ⓘ |
| antiSubmarineWeapons |
RBU rocket launchers
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torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | about 28.5 meters ⓘ |
| builder |
Baltic Shipyard
ⓘ
Severodvinsk shipyards ⓘ
surface form:
Severodvinsk Shipyard
|
| closeInWeaponSystem |
AK-630 CIWS
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surface form:
AK-630
Kashtan CIWS ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designedBy | Soviet Navy ⓘ |
| designedForAdversary | United States Navy carrier battle groups ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 28,000 tonnes ⓘ |
| draught | about 9.1 meters ⓘ |
| englishHullClassification | heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fourthShipRenamedAs | Pyotr Velikiy ⓘ |
| gunArmament | AK-130 130mm dual-purpose gun ⓘ |
| helicopterType |
Kamov Ka-28 helicopters
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surface form:
Ka-27 Helix
|
| hullClassificationInRussia | tyazholyy atomnyy raketnyy kreyser ⓘ |
| leadShip | Kirov ⓘ |
| leadShipRenamedAs |
Fyodor Ushakov
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiral Ushakov
|
| length | about 252 meters ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName |
Kirov-class battlecruiser
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser
|
| notableFeature |
among the largest surface combatants built since World War II
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nuclear-powered guided-missile armament ⓘ |
| numberOfShipsCompleted | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfShipsPlanned | 4 ⓘ |
| primaryAntiShipMissile |
P-700 Granit anti-ship cruise missiles
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surface form:
P-700 Granit
|
| primaryAntiShipMissileType | long-range supersonic cruise missile ⓘ |
| primaryPropulsion | nuclear reactor ⓘ |
| secondaryPropulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| secondShipRenamedAs | Admiral Lazarev ⓘ |
| serviceEntryDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| shipInClass |
Frunze
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Kalinin ⓘ Kirov ⓘ Yuri Andropov ⓘ |
| shipRole |
air defense
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anti-submarine warfare ⓘ surface strike ⓘ |
| statusAsOf2020s | only Pyotr Velikiy and Admiral Nakhimov expected to remain in service after modernizations ⓘ |
| successorStateOperator | Russian Navy ⓘ |
| thirdShipRenamedAs |
Admiral Pavel Nakhimov
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiral Nakhimov
|
| topSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kirov-class battlecruiser Description of subject: The Kirov-class battlecruiser is a series of massive, nuclear-powered guided-missile warships built by the Soviet Union, among the largest and most heavily armed surface combatants ever constructed.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kirov class
this entity surface form:
Kirov-class cruisers
Kirov-class battlecruiser
→
NATOReportingName
→
Kirov-class battlecruiser
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser