The Gorya class are a group of minesweepers

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...

 built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1980s. Three ships were started of which two were completed and are in service with the Russian Navy. The Soviet Designation was Project 1266.

Design

The ships are designed for deep ocean sweeping of captor mines with sophisticated mine detection equipment. Sweeping gear includes two submersibles as well as conventional sweeps.

Ships

A total of twenty ships were planned but the programme was stopped by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two ships were completed

Ship	Completed	Status
ADMIRAL ZHELEZNYAKOV (901)	1988	In service with the Black Sea Fleet Black Sea Fleet The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....  (2008)
ADMIRAL GUMANENKO (762)	1994	In service with the Northern Fleet Northern Fleet The Red Banner Northern Fleet is a unit of the Russian Navy that has access to the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, and is responsible for the defense of northwestern Russia. It was established in 1937 as part of the Soviet Navy... (2008)