| Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, project 1143.5, known in the West as "Kuznetsov" class, "Orel" class or as type 1143.5, was built in the Black Sea shipbuilding plant in Nikolaev. The project was developed on the basis of the previous TAKR named "Admiral Gorshkov" (formerly "Baku"), project 1143.4, which was finished in 1982, but exceeds it in displacement (58,500 tons in comparison with 40,000 tons) and it has a somewhat lower speed (30 units in comparison with 32 in "Admiral Gorshkov"). 
The aircraft carrier "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Kuznetsov" (project 1143.5) was launched in 1985, and the second ship of the same type "Varyag" in 1988, but its building was not completed. 
Project 1143.5 can lend support to the submarines, which carry ballistic missiles, surface ships and the sea rocket-carrying aviation of Russian fleet. Ship can strike above-water, underwater and aerial targets. 
Length 302,3 m Length in the water line 270 m Width 72,3 m Width in the water line 35,4 m Sediment 9,14 m Crew 1,960 
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