The Kubyshev was a Russian Kirov Class cruiser of 8800 tons displacement launched in 1936. The Kubyshev had a top speed of about 34 knots and carried a complement of 624 and carried four aircraft. She was armed with nine 7.1 inch guns; six 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four machine-guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arra...