was the Soviet Union’s ambitious attempt to develop an 80,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to rival the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class. -Spearheaded by Admiral Sergey Gorshkov, it aimed to ...

The last Kiev-class ship, Baku (later renamed Admiral Gorshkov), carried ... Russia's only aircraft carrier, continues to be a problem for the Russian Navy. During its only combat deployment ...

Key point: Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov had ... India went shopping for a new aircraft carrier. What followed was a military-industrial nightmare. In 1988, the Soviet Union commissioned the ...

One of the most fascinating facts to discover about world militaries is that Russia only has one aircraft carrier ... becoming the Admiral Gorshkov after the Soviet Union fell, and then the ...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ... to conclude the long-delayed agreement on the sole of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov. During his visit, Putin will also hold talks with the Prime ...