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Baku (Russian: Баку) was a Kiev-class aircraft carrier [a] [b] of the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1987 to 1996. In 1991 the ship was renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Горшков "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov") in Russian service.
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 (with the exception of the never-built Ulyanovsk ) is a "true" aircraft carrier ( supercarrier ).
Unlike most NATO aircraft carriers, such as U.S. or most British ones, the Kiev class is a combination of both a cruiser and an aircraft carrier. In the Soviet Navy, this class of ships was specifically designated as a "heavy aviation cruiser" (Russian: Тяжелые авианесущие крейсера) rather than solely as an aircraft ...
Soviet aircraft carrier Baku; K. Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev; M. Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk; N. Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk This page was last edited on ...
Russian aircraft carrier "Minsk" is seen at a port in Shenzhen on June 10, 2004. ... Of the four Kiev-class carriers the Soviets built, only the final one, the Baku, remains in service.
Two ships of the Russian Navy have been named after Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgiyevich Gorshkov, the former commander of the Soviet Navy. Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov - a Kiev-class aircraft carrier originally named Baku, and sold to India as INS Vikramaditya in 2004.
Kiev (Russian: Киев) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) [2] that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1975 to 1993. She was built between 1970 and 1975 at Chernomorski factory in Mykolaiv and was the first Kiev-class vessel to be built. She is currently part of a theme park in China.
Soviet aircraft carrier Baku; Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov; Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev; Russian destroyer Admiral Spiridonov; Soviet ship Akademik Sergey Korolyov; Russian submarine Akula (K-284) INS Amba (A54) Russian frigate Anadyr; Russian submarine AS-26; Russian deep submergence rescue vehicle AS-28; Russian ...