Built as part of the Kiev class, these "heavy aviation cruisers" were armed with powerful missiles and aircraft but were never as effective as their American counterparts. -The Minsk, sold to ...

Three other Kiev-class ships were built – Minsk, Novorossiysk and Baku (later renamed Admiral Gorshkov). The arms were deployed in the bow, which made the ships look like cruisers, but the stern ...

The Soviet Navy’s Minsk, a Kiev-class aircraft carrier, was a hybrid between a cruiser and an aircraft carrier, featuring limited aircraft capabilities and... Summary and Key Points: The ...

Once part of the mighty Soviet Pacific Fleet, the Minsk was the second of four Kiev-class aircraft carriers built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1987. Conventionally powered and with a ...

They built four Kiev-class carriers, consisting of the Kiev, the first of its class, followed by the Minsk, Novorossiysk, and the Baku. These capital ships fulfilled multiple roles, on top of ...

The ship was very badly damaged by the inferno. Weibo The Minsk was the second of the four Kiev-class aircraft carriers that served the Soviet and Russian navies from 1978 to 1993. It had a ...