''Kalinin'' (Russian: Калинин) was one of five s ordered for the

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during the 1910s. Not completed during the

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, she was finally finished by the

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in 1927. She played a small role in the

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with the

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when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 (

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), and was sunk by naval mines on 28 August 1941.

Design and description

Ordered from Böcker and Lange's

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, in the 1912 naval program, the ''Izyaslav''-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding with a heavier armament.

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