Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk
Minsk is an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built.
Minsk in 1983
Minsk being shadowed by the US destroyer USS Elliot during her 1979 Pacific cruise
Ka-25 Hormone helicopters and Yakovlev Yak-38 VTOL strike fighters parked on the flight deck of Minsk in 1986
Kiev-class aircraft carrier
The Kiev class, Soviet designation Project 1143 Krechyet (gyrfalcon), was the first class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy.
Novorossiysk in 1986