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German reconnaissance picture of Sovetsky Soyuz The Sovetsky Soyuz class was a class of battleships begun by the Soviet Union but never brought into service. They were designed in response to the German Bismarck -class battleships , and would have rivaled the Imperial Japanese Yamato class and America's planned Montana class in size, although with significantly weaker firepower. Up to fifteen ships were planned, but the first four were plagued with construction difficulties as the Soviet shipbuilding and related industries were not prepared to build such large vessels. One, Sovetskaya Beloruss

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