 Kirov was laid down at the Ordzhonikidze Yard , Leningrad on 22 October 1935 . She was launched on 30 November 1936 and was completed on 26 September 1938 . She was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet in the autumn of 1938 , but was still being worked on into early 1939 . Kirov sailed to Riga on 22 October when the Soviet Union began to occupy Latvia , continuing on to Liepāja the following day . 
