Kirov-class battlecruiser

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class of warship guided-missile cruiser nuclear-powered surface combatant

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kirov-class battlecruiser canonical	4
Kirov class	2
Kirov-class	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ guided-missile cruiser ⓘ nuclear-powered surface combatant ⓘ
airDefenseSystem	Osa-MA ⓘ S-300F Fort ⓘ linked to: S-300F Fort long-range SAM system
airGroup	helicopters ⓘ
antiSubmarineWeapons	RBU rocket launchers ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ
beam	about 28.5 meters ⓘ
builder	Baltic Shipyard ⓘ Severodvinsk Shipyard ⓘ linked to: Severodvinsk shipyards
closeInWeaponSystem	AK-630 ⓘ linked to: AK-630 CIWS 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	Ka-27 Helix ⓘ linked to: Kamov Ka-28 helicopters
hullClassificationInRussia	tyazholyy atomnyy raketnyy kreyser ⓘ
leadShip	Kirov ⓘ
leadShipRenamedAs	Admiral Ushakov ⓘ linked to: Fyodor Ushakov
length	about 252 meters ⓘ
NATOReportingName	Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser ⓘ linked to: Kirov-class battlecruiser
notableFeature	among the largest surface combatants built since World War II ⓘ nuclear-powered guided-missile armament ⓘ
numberOfShipsCompleted	4 ⓘ
numberOfShipsPlanned	4 ⓘ
primaryAntiShipMissile	P-700 Granit ⓘ linked to: P-700 Granit anti-ship cruise missiles
primaryAntiShipMissileType	long-range supersonic cruise missile ⓘ
primaryPropulsion	nuclear reactor ⓘ
secondaryPropulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
secondShipRenamedAs	Admiral Lazarev ⓘ
serviceEntryDecade	1980s ⓘ
shipInClass	Frunze ⓘ Kalinin ⓘ Kirov ⓘ Yuri Andropov ⓘ
shipRole	air defense ⓘ anti-submarine warfare ⓘ surface strike ⓘ
statusAsOf2020s	only Pyotr Velikiy and Admiral Nakhimov expected to remain in service after modernizations ⓘ
successorStateOperator	Russian Navy ⓘ
thirdShipRenamedAs	Admiral Nakhimov ⓘ linked to: Admiral Pavel Nakhimov
topSpeed	about 30 knots ⓘ

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