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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 ).
The Russian Navy was established in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR), most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia (with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine.
Design study for an aircraft carrier based on the Chapayev-class. Cancelled 1940. [49] 71B 1939 30 600 0 Design study for an aircraft carrier based on the Kronshtadt-class, Cancelled 1939. [48] [49] 72 Aircraft Carrier 1945 28 880 0 Design study, cancelled 1945. [49] 73 73 Minesweeper Vladimir Polukhin-class 1942 15 0
It also includes both native Soviet designs, Soviet-produced copies of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its successor states of the CIS. The service time frame begins with the year the aircraft entered military service (not the date of first flight ...
10 Aircraft carriers/Aviation cruisers. 11 Submarines. Toggle Submarines subsection. ... List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes; D type; L type; ShCh type; P type;
The Kiev class of Soviet aircraft carriers was deployed in the late 1970s and carried up to 30 aircraft including Yak-38 VTOL fighters. The next class of Soviet aircraft carriers, named the Admiral Kuznetsov class, supported more conventional aircraft such as the Su-33 "Flanker-D" and the MiG-29 "Fulcrum".
This is an incomplete list of Soviet and Russian military aircraft, ... MiG-29K - 1988 all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter; MiG-31 - 1975 interceptor;
Category:Aircraft carriers of the Russian Navy (from 1992) Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...