>>14992614>is that actually the flagship?That was the flagship of their Black Sea Fleet, yes. She had good command facilities which will be lacked (in addition to her crazy arsenal).
But The Slava-class cruisers (they have two left) are not the most potent warship in the Russian inventory, those would be the Kirov-class battlecruisers (picrel)
Almost twice as big, nuclear-powered, and even more weapons (268 missiles, with plans to put even more).
The Soviets built four of those, the first two have been scrapped by now, the third is in refit and won't be ready for service any time soon, but Пётp Beликий (launched in 1989) is in service.
She is the flagship of their Northern Fleet and based in St Petersburg.
But remember the big problem of the Soviets/Russians, they need navies for the Baltic, Pacific and Black Sea, and sending ships from one of these fleets to another is problematic.
Here, Turkey closed the Bosphorus straits for the duration of the war, so no Russian ship can enter or leave the Black Sea.
