the Soviets put missiles on just about everything that could float... the Soviets put missiles on just about everything that could float...because you can’t have too many missiles or tanks....just ask the Germans in WWII.
What is it with this love affair with Soviet era naval weaponry all of a sudden? There were some things they did well, but I simply can’t get excited about dang near anything they floated on the water during the Cold War.
The Kirov class were beautiful ships with lots of weaponry, but nearly everything else including subs (until the Eighties) was inferior IMO. Like DesertRhino said in his very good post, they put their resources into things that were strategically important to them and did a good job at some of those.
I always felt that their navy was simply a propaganda tool so they could simply say they had a Navy too (except for their submarines, which they appeared to try hard to improve)
All those well known reservations the Soviet sailors themselves had for the safety of their nuclear submarines had a foundation in truth.
And cover the rest of the deck with guns. Those guys, when they design a warship, by God, they design a WARSHIP!