Construction was delayed by financing problems until the Duma formally authorized the ships in 1911. Three ships of the class used names of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Petropavlovsk-class lost in the Russo-Japanese War. Four ships were ordered in 1909 two were named after victorious battles of Peter the Great in the Great Northern War and the other two were named after battles in the Crimean War.
They had a convoluted design history involving several British companies, evolving requirements, an international design competition, and foreign protests. The Gangut-class battleships, also known as the "Sevastopol class", were the first dreadnoughts begun for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I.
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