title: Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk
text: # Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk
  
  Three ships of the Soviet Navy have been named Petropavlovsk after the 1854 Siege of Petropavlovsk.
  
  * Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk (1940) - Admiral Hipper-class cruiser formerly named Lützow
  * Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk (1957) - Kirov-class cruiser formerly named Kaganovich
  * Soviet cruiser Petropavlovsk (1973) - Kara-class cruiser commissioned in 1973 and scrapped in 1996
  