The Red Banner heavy nuclear missile cruiser, the lead ship of project 1144 "Orlan". From 1992 to 2002, he was called "Admiral Ushakov".

The Kirov nuclear missile cruiser has a five-deck hull with a "clipper" stem and large pyramid-shaped masts that are traditional for Soviet ships.

The edges of the superstructures and masts were beveled in order to reduce radar visibility.

Externally, the cruiser highlights a very long forecastle, which houses the missile silos. The antenna of the hydroacoustic complex was placed in the bulbous nose. The design provides, which is unusual for rocket ships of that time, reservation – protection of vital nodes reaches 100 mm.