Soviet cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov
Mikhail Kutuzov is a light cruiser project no. 68-bis of the Soviet and later the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet.
She was laid down at the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolayev on 23 February 1951 and commissioned on 30 December 1954. Mikhail Kutuzov joined the Black Sea Fleet after commissioning and sea trials, on 31 January 1955.Fate
On 28 July 2002, Mikhail Kutuzov was opened to the public as a museum ship in Novorossiysk. On 1 October 2012, she was made a branch of the Central Naval Museum.
