The Vitiaz-class ships were a pair of partially protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1880s.
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| Class overview | 
| Operators |  Imperial Russian Navy | 
| Preceded by | None | 
| Succeeded by | Admiral Kornilov | 
| Built | 1883–1887 | 
| In commission | 1886–1914 | 
| Completed | 2 | 
| Lost | 1 | 
| Scrapped | 1 | 
| General characteristics | 
| Type | Protected cruiser | 
| Displacement | 3,537 long tons (3,594 t) | 
| Length | 260 ft 6 in (79.4 m) | 
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) | 
| Draft | 19 ft 11 in (6.1 m) | 
| Installed power | approximately 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW) | 
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine, 10 cylindrical water-tube boilers | 
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) | 
| Complement | 330 officers and crewmen | 
| Armament | 
- 10 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/28 guns
 
- 4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns
 
- 8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/23 guns
 
- 3 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
 
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| Armor | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) | 
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