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 either the Soviet Union or Russia.
Although listed as aircraft carriers, none of them is a "true" aircraft carrier. Specifically, they were ASW helicopter equipped ships or aircraft cruisers, including the FADMSU Kuznetsov, the only carrier still in service with the Russian Navy.
Russia does have plans for the building of a supercarrier code named Project 23000E.
NameClassTypeComm­issionDecomm­issionedNotes
MoskvaMoskva classHelicopter carrier19671996-
LeningradMoskva classHelicopter carrier19691991
KievKiev classAircraft cruiser19751993Sold to Chinese company. Converted to Military theme park and then hotel.
MinskKiev classAircraft cruiser19781993Sold initially for scrap. Re-sold to China as museum piece.
NovorossiyskKiev classAircraft cruiser19821993Scrapped in 1997 in Pohang South Korea.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov Kiev class Aircraft cruiser19871996Modified, rebuilt and sold to India. Re-commissioned 2013 as INS Vikramaditya.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza KuznetsovAdmiral KuznetsovAircraft cruiser1990In service with the Russian Navy. Damaged 30-10-2018.
VaryagAdmiral KuznetsovAircraft cruiser2012Launched 1988, construction stopped 1992; hull sold by Ukraine to China. Completed 2012 as Liaoning.
UlyanovskUlyanovsksupercarrierKeel laid 1988, stopped 1991, scrapped 1992.