[i][[Azur Lane]][/i]'s personification of the one-off Soviet large destroyer [i]Tashkent[/i]. 
Character design by [[Kincora]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #3801573.[/tn]

She is portrayed with [[long hair|long]] [[purple hair]] and [[blue eyes]].

Her default outfit consists of heavy [[winter clothes]]: a [[long sleeves|long-sleeved]] [[white coat|white]] [[duffel coat]] with [[fur trim]], [[earmuffs]], light brown [[sweater dress]] underneath, and white [[thigh boots]].

Her [[rigging]] consists of two 130 mm twin gun mounts and 533 mm triple [[torpedo tubes]].

h4. History

The [i]Tashkent[/i]-class of destroyers consisted of a single destroyer leader, built in Italy for the Soviet navy just before World War II. Three other ships were ordered but canceled before construction. The class is named after Tashkent, "the capital city":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkent] of Uzbekistan, under Soviet rule at that time.

Ultimately, the Soviets found out that it was impossible to adapt Italian shipbuilding practices with the comparatively inferior state of Soviet shipbuilding, so [i][[Kiev (Azur Lane)|]][/i] was designed as a cheaper version of [i]Tashkent[/i] but carrying the same armament.

One of her in-game skills is named [i]The Blue Cruiser[/i], a reference to how she was delivered to the Soviets in the [i]Regia Marina[/i]'s interwar paint scheme of bluish-gray overall.

h4. Trivia

The real-life destroyer [i]Tashkent[/i] had a top speed of 43 knots (42 knots with armaments), technically making her faster than [i][[shimakaze (azur lane)|Shimakaze]][/i] (top speed 40.9 knots in trials) but slower than the French destroyer [i][[Le Terrible (Azur Lane)|]][/i] (45 knots in trials).

h4. Skins

* [[tashkent_(the_bound_cruiser)_(azur_lane)|The Bound Cruiser]]
* [[tashkent_(the_blue_snoozer)_(azur_lane)|The Blue Snoozer]]
* [[tashkent_(muse)_(azur_lane)|Muse]]

h4. See also
* [[Tashkent (Kancolle)]]
* [[Tashkent (Warship Girls R)]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: [i]Tashkent[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_destroyer_Tashkent]
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