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The Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleships were a class of battleships begun by the USSR in the late 30s. Due to WW II none were completed, but thought was given to completing the lead ship of the class, the Sovetsky Soyuz, which at 19.5% complete was the furthest advanced in her construction. Stalin expressed a desire to see one of the so-called Project-23 ships completed, which is why he delayed the decision to scrap her until 29 May 1948. Suppose Stalin has his mind set on having a big shiny new battleship for the Soviet Navy and has her completed. What use, exactly, do the Soviets have for her? Would she be deployed in the Baltic, the Black Sea, in the icy north or in the Pacific? Would she be kept around for prestige reasons or scrapped at some point?