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There were fourteen different classes of destroyers that were used by the Soviet Navy in World War II:

• Yakov Sverdlov class Destroyer
• Frunze class Destroyer
• Orfey class Destroyer
• Izijaslav class Destroyer
• Fidonisy class Destroyer
• Leningrad class Destroyer - 6 operational in July 1941
• Tashkent class Destroyer
• Type 7 class Destroyer - 28 operational in July 1941
• Type 7U class Destroyer - 18 operational in July 1941
• Opytny class Destroyer
• Ognevoy class Destroyer
• Town class Destroyer
• Regele Ferdinand class Destroyer

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• Yakov Sverdlov
• Derzky class or Bespokoiny class
• Izyaslav class
• Project 20 Tashkent class
• Project 7 Gnevny class
• Project 7U Soobrazitelnyy class
• Project 30 Ognevoy class

References

• Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
• Yakubov, Vladimir; Worth, Richard (2008). "The Soviet Project 7/7U Destroyers". In Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen (eds.). Warship 2008. London: Conway. pp. 99–114. ISBN 978-1-84486-062-3.

• World War II destroyers of the Soviet Union