High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chervona Ukraina (Ukrainian: "Червона Україна" — "Red Ukraine") was a Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser of the Soviet Navy assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. During World War II she supported Soviet forces during the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol before being sunk at Sevastopol on 12 November 1941 by German aircraft. She was raised in 1947 and was used as a training hulk before becoming a target ship in 1950.