 This allowed the technical design process to begin and it was completed in December 1950.Reviews by the Navy and Shipbuilding Ministries in February 1951 led to some significant changes to the design in April.The original form of the bow was similar to that of the "Chapayev"-class light cruisers, but sea trials of the lead ship of that class in December 1950 – January 1951 proved that she was very wet forward, which hindered her seakeeping ability.