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 have been classed as a "true" aircraft carrier. Specifically, they were all ASW helicopter carriers or aircraft cruisers, including the Admiral Kuznetsov, the only carrier still in service with the Russian Navy. Russia is currently considering building a supercarrier, code-named Project Shtorm.
All completed aircraft carriers of the Soviet and later Russian navy have been built at Ukrainian shipyards in the city of Mykolaiv.

Name	Class	Type	Commission	Decommissioned	Notes
Moskva	Moskva class	Helicopter carrier	1967	1996	-
Leningrad	Moskva class	Helicopter carrier	1969	1991
Kiev	Kiev class	Aircraft cruiser	1975	1993	Sold to Chinese company. Converted to military theme park, then hotel.
Minsk	Kiev class	Aircraft cruiser	1978	1993	Sold initially for scrap. Re-sold to China as museum piece.
Novorossiysk	Kiev class	Aircraft cruiser	1982	1993	Scrapped in 1997 in Pohang, South Korea.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov	Kiev class	Aircraft cruiser	1987	1996	Modified, rebuilt and sold to India. Re-commissioned 2013 as INS Vikramaditya.
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov	Admiral Kuznetsov	Aircraft cruiser	1990		In service with the Russian Navy. Under reconstruction.
Varyag	Admiral Kuznetsov	Aircraft cruiser	2012		Launched 1988, construction stopped 1992; hull sold by Ukraine to China. Completed 2012 as Liaoning.
Ulyanovsk	Ulyanovsk	Supercarrier			Keel laid 1988, stopped 1991, scrapped 1992.