Marshal Timoshenko (Russian: Маршал Тимошенко) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II) class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.
The eighth ship of her class, the vessel served during the Cold War with the Northern Fleet, often operating in the Atlantic Ocean but also travelling to various ports in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Marshal Timoshenko was the eighth ship of her class of ten Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II-class) cruisers, designed by Vasily Anikeyev.
[1][3] Marshal Timoshenko was propelled by two TV-12 steam geared turbines powered by four high pressure boilers which created 75,000 kilowatts (100,577 hp), giving her a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).
The vessel also had four 30 mm (1 in) AK-630 CIWS mountings, and was armed with two twin launchers for the 48 V-611 surface-to-air missiles they carried in the M-11 Shtorm system.