''Admiral Isakov'' () was a of the
Soviet Navy and briefly of the
Russian Navy, named for Soviet admiral
Ivan Isakov
russian: Иван Степанович Исаков
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. The second ship of her class, she served mostly during the
Cold War from her commissioning in 1970.
''Isakov'' was part of the
Northern Fleet
Severnyy flot
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throughout her career, often operating in the
Atlantic
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and the
Mediterranean
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to