List of Aircraft Carriers of Russia and The Soviet Union

The list of aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union and Russia includes all aircraft carriers built by, proposed for, or in service with the naval forces of the Soviet Union or Russia. Though listed as aircraft carriers, none of these ships (with the possible exception of the Ulyanovsk) were or are true aircraft carriers. They are ASW helicopter equipped ships or aircraft-carrying cruisers.

Name Class Type Commissioned Decommissioned Notes
Moskva Moskva class Helicopter carrier 1964 1991
Leningrad Moskva class Helicopter carrier 1968 1991
Kiev Kiev class Aircraft carrying cruiser 1972 1993 Sold to Chinese company. Converted to Military theme park and then hotel.
Minsk Kiev class Aircraft carrying cruiser 1975 1993 Sold initially for scrap. Re-sold to Chinese company as museum piece
Novorossiysk Kiev class Aircraft carrying cruiser 1978 1993 Scrapped in 1997 in Pohang South Korea.
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov Kiev class Aircraft carrying cruiser 1982 1996 Sold to India, renamed INS Vikramaditya
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov Admiral Kuznetsov class Aircraft carrying cruiser 1991 In Service
Varyag (Liaoning) Admiral Kuznetsov class Aircraft carrying cruiser In Service (PRC Navy). Not completed during Soviet era, hulk sold by Ukraine to China, completed 2012 and commissioned as training vessel Liaoning
Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk class Aircraft carrying cruiser Not completed, scrapped shortly after keel laying, during Soviet era

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