The Admiral Kuznetsov is Russia's sole aircraft carrier, commissioned by the Soviet Navy on 20 January 1991 and named for Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov, a senior Soviet naval commander of the Second World War era. Displacing up to 58,600 tonnes at full load, it carries around 26 fixed-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters, principally Su-33 and MiG-29K fighters alongside Kamov helicopters for anti-submarine and search-and-rescue duties. The carrier made its first Mediterranean deployment between December 1995 and March 1996, took part in the 2000 rescue operation for the sunken submarine Kursk, and saw its only combat use in November 2016, when its aircraft flew 420 combat missions against targets in Syria; it has remained out of service since March 2017 undergoing an extended modernization that, as of early 2025, had not yet returned it to operational status.
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Weapon Class (category)Submarine / Naval Vessel 1 Connections
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WikipediaRussian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, lead section
is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as the flagship of the Russian Navy, although she has been out of service since 2017.
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, lead section, launch and commissioning sentence
launched in 1985, becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995.
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Admiral Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, romanized: Admiral flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, lit. 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov') is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as the flagship of the Russian Navy, although she has been out of service since 2017.
Lead: becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995
becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995
Operated By: Russian Navy, Article text
Admiral Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, romanized: Admiral flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, lit. 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov') is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as the flagship of the Russian Navy, although she has been out of service since 2017.
Used In: Syrian Civil War, Wikipedia article text
In November 2016, the carrier first participated in combat operations, launching 420 aircraft sorties during the Aleppo offensive, as part of Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war.
In Group: Aircraft Carriers, Lead sentence
Admiral Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, romanized: Admiral flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, lit. 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov') is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as the flagship of the Russian Navy, although she has been out of service since 2017. She was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, in Nikolayev within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR) and launched in 1985, becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995. The initial name of the ship was Riga; she was launched as Leonid Brezhnev, embarked on sea trials as Tbilisi, before she was finally named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov.
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