Editing Kirov-class cruiser (section)

====Black Sea Fleet====
On 23 June 1941, ''Voroshilov'' covered Soviet destroyers [[Raid on Constanța|bombarding Constanţa]], but the [[destroyer leader]] ''Moskva'' was sunk by a mine and ''Kharkov'' was damaged by return fire. She bombarded Axis positions near [[Odessa]] in mid-September, but was transferred to [[Novorossiysk]] shortly afterwards. On 2 November, she was hit twice in harbor by [[Junkers Ju 88]] bombers of [[Kampfgeschwader 51|KG 51]]; one hit started a fire in #3 [[Magazine (artillery)|magazine]] that was extinguished by water flooding in from the second hit.<ref>Yakubov and Worth, p. 92</ref> She had to be towed to [[Poti]] for repairs, which lasted until February 1942. She shelled Axis positions near [[Feodosiya]] on 2 April 1942, but was damaged by some near misses on 10 April and had to return to [[Batumi]] for repairs. In May she supported Soviet troops around [[Kerch]] and the [[Taman Peninsula]] while helping to transfer the 9th Naval Infantry Brigade from Batumi to [[Sevastopol]]. On 29 November 1942, she was damaged by nearby [[Naval mine|mine]] explosions while bombarding [[Snake Island (Black Sea)|Feodonisi]], but managed to return to Poti under her own power. Just after her repairs were completed she assisted Soviet forces landing behind German lines at the so-called "[[Malaya Zemlya]]" at the end of January 1943. The loss of three destroyers to German aircraft attempting to interdict the German evacuation of the Taman Bridgehead on 6 October 1943 caused [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] to forbid the deployment of large naval units without his express permission and this meant the end of ''Voroshilov''{{'}}s active participation in the war.<ref>Whitley, p. 211</ref>

''Molotov'' was commissioned just before the German invasion and spent most of 1941 moving from port to port to take advantage of her air warning radar, the first fitted in the Soviet Navy. She bombarded Axis positions near Feodosiya in early November and was sent to reinforce Sevastopol with elements of the 386th Rifle Division from Poti. Damaged by a number of shell hits while off-loading troops on 29 December, she was still able to take 600 wounded when she departed. She reprised her role as a transport during the first week of January. Her bow was damaged during a heavy storm in Tuapse when it was thrown against the jetty on 21&ndash;22 January 1942. She spent most of the next month under repair, although her bow could not be straightened which reduced her speed by several knots. After making a number of bombardment sorties in support of Soviet troops on the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)#The Soviet landing at Kerch|Kerch Peninsula]], she returned to Poti for more permanent repairs on 20 March. In June she made a number of transport runs in support of the garrison of [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)|Sevastopol]]. On 2 August her stern was blown off by torpedo bombers acting in concert with Italian [[MAS (boat)|MAS torpedo boats]]. The damage reduced her speed to {{convert|10|knots}} and she had to be steered by her engines. She was under repair at Poti until 31 July 1943, using the stern of the incomplete {{sclass|Chapayev|cruiser|1}} ''Frunze'', the rudder of the incomplete cruiser ''Zheleznyakov'', the steering gear from ''Kaganovich'' and the steering sensor from the submarine ''L-25''. She saw no action after completing her repairs due to Stalin's order.<ref>Yakubov and Worth, p. 94</ref>