At least five warships of Russia have borne the name Admiral Nakhimov, in honour of Pavel Nakhimov (1802–1855), an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
, an armoured cruiser launched in 1885. , a light cruiser launched in 1915, name ship of her class, she was renamed Chervona Ukraina by the Soviets. , a launched in 1951. , a launched in 1969. , a . Launched in 1986, she was originally named Kalinin.
See also , a class of Russian cruisers constructed in the early 20th century. , a former German passenger ship initially launched in 1925 as SS Berlin III and salvaged by the Soviet Union in 1949; collided with a cargo ship in 1986 and sank in the Tsemes Bay near Novorossiysk.