As for the fourth of the Soviet aircraft cruisers, the Admiral Gorshkov, built as the subclass Baku in the 1980s, was sold to India in 2004 and is now in service as the INS Vikramaditya.

Soviet aircraft carrier Leningrad in 1988. ... Baku (later renamed Admiral Gorshkov), carried 12 P-500s, almost 200 anti-air missiles, two RBU-6000 launchers, and two 100 mm guns.

The Soviet Union’s Kiev-class “heavy aviation cruisers” were ambitious but ultimately flawed warships of the Cold War. Functioning as hybrids between a guided-missile cruiser and an aircraft carrier, ...

Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2019. A flotilla of Russian Navy vessels entered Havana Harbor early Monday morning, a sign of ...

June 3, 2010: An Indian inspection team has concluded that Russian efforts to refurbish the carrier Admiral Gorshkov, for Indian service, is on schedule. Nearly all the structural work is completed, ...

November17, 2008: Russia is risking its reputation as a reliable source of weapons, and related services, over a botched deal to refurbish an old Russian aircraft carrier (the Admiral Gorshkov) for ...

The Kiev-class aircraft carriers had their origins in the tenure of Admiral Sergei Gorshkov.Appointed by Nikita Khrushchev to the position of Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy in 1956 ...

Under attack from CAG for the escalating cost of second-hand aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov bought from Russia, Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today defended the price being paid by India for ...

As for the fourth of the Soviet aircraft cruisers, the Admiral Gorshkov, built as the subclass Baku in the 1980s, was sold to India in 2004 and is now in service as the INS Vikramaditya.