The Smolnyy or Smol'nyy (Russian Смольный) class training ships were built for the Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy

The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...

 in the late 1970s. The Soviet designation was Project 887. Two ships are operated by the Baltic Fleet

Baltic Fleet

The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...

 of the Russian Navy

Design

The ships designed to provide seagoing training facilities for the Soviet Navy. The ships had accommodation for 30 instructors and 300 cadets. They had a basic armament for self defence and patrol duties.

Programme

The ships were built in Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

, Poland for the Soviet Navy

• Smolnyy (Смольный) - Launched 1976, Commissioned 1977, in Service with the Baltic Fleet
• Perekop (Перекоп)- Commissioned 1978, in Service
• Khasan (Хасан)-Commissioned 1980, Retired 1999 and scrapped