List of aircraft carriers of Soviet Union

The list of aircraft carriers of 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 these ships (with the possible exception of the never built Ulyanovsk) was or is a true aircraft carrier. Speciffically, they were ASW helicopter equipped ships of aircraft-carrying cruisers, including the FADMSU Kuznetsov, the only carrier still in service with the Russian navy.

Name	Class	Type	Commissioned	Decommisioned	Notes
Moskva	Moskva	Helicopter carrier	1967	1996
Leningrad	Moskva	Helicopter carrier	1969	1991
Kiev	Kiev	Aircraft carrier	1975	1993	Sold to Chine
Minsk	Kiev	Aircraft carrier	1978	1993	Sold to Chine
Novorossiysk	Kiev	Aircraft carrier	1982	1993	Sold to South Korea
Admiral Gorshkov	Kiev	Aircraft carrier	1987	1996	Sold to India
Admiral Kuznetsov	Admiral Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier	1991		In Russian Navy
Varyag	Admiral Kuznetsov	Aircraft carrier			Not completed
Ulyanovsk	Ulyanovsk	Aircraft carrier			Not completed

List of aircraft carriers of Soviet Union

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