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Kotlin-class destroyer
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<p>Kotlin-class <a href="/facts/Destroyer/bkYL7bI8">destroyers</a> were <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a> era ships built for the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Navy/t2buEMEK">Soviet Navy</a>. The Russian name for this class was Project 56 <i>Spokoiny</i> (Спокойный, "tranquil"). 27 ships were built between 1955 and 1958; they were all decommissioned in the late 1980s. The <a href="/facts/Kildin-class_destroyer/oPJ8uxIj">Kildin class</a> is based on the design of the <i>Kotlin</i>s. The Chinese <a href="/facts/Type_051_destroyer/BtfvYbYr">Luda class</a> which is based on the Soviet <a href="/facts/Neustrashimy-class_destroyer/93pUWBJV"><i>Neustrashimy</i> class</a>, also borrows some design concepts from the Kotlin class. </p>