 Admiral Oktyabrsky at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, October 1990
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| History | |
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 →  Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Admiral Oktyabrsky |
| Namesake | Filipp Oktyabrsky |
| Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard |
| Laid down | 2 June 1969 |
| Launched | 21 May 1971 |
| Commissioned | 28 December 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kresta II-class cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 156.5 m (513.5 ft) (o/a) |
| Beam | 17.2 m (56.4 ft) |
| Draught | 5.96 m (19.6 ft) |
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| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 343 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Admiral Oktyabrsky (Russian: Адмирал Октябрьский) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II)-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The sixth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War, from 1973 to 1993.
She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag. Admiral Oktyabrsky cruised in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans during 1974, 1977, and 1978, spending a year in refit until late 1979. She returned to the Indian Ocean in 1980 and underwent a lengthy refit between 1982 and 1986, before being sent to the Persian Gulf in 1990. Due to reduced naval funding, the cruiser was decommissioned in 1993 before being sold for scrap.