Soviet Union transferring Sverdlov-cruisers to the Far East according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 March 1957

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An item reported that the Soviet Sverdlov-class cruisers Alexandr Suvarov and Schcherbakov were transferred to the Far East Fleet via the Northern Sea Route in 1956. Two other Sverdlov-class cruisers including the Dmitri Pozharsky were in 1956 transferred from Europe to the Far East.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.