| | Heavy Aircraft-Carrying
Cruisers
Project 1143
Krechet
Project 11433
(1143Μ)NATO: Kiev Class
Completed 3 units
Ships Project
1143 - Chernomorskiy Shipyard Ή444, Nikolayev - 2 units
| Name |
Yard Ή |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Note |
| Kiev |
Ή101 | 21.07.1970 |
26.12.1972 | 28.12.1975 | |
| Minsk |
Ή102 | 28.12.1972 |
30.09.1975 | 27.09.1978 | |
Project 11433 - Chernomorskiy Shipyard Ή444, Nikolayev - 1 unit
| Name |
Yard Ή |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Note |
| Novorossiysk |
Ή103 | 30.09.1975 |
26.12.1978 | 14.08.1982 | |
General characteristics - Project
1143
| Displacement (tons): | | Standard: | 30530
(Minsk 30535, Novorossiysk 31900) | | Full
load: | 41370 (Minsk 41380, Novorossiysk 43220) |
| Dimensions (m): | | Length: | 273,1
(Minsk 273, Novorossiysk 273,1) | | Beam: | 49,2
(Minsk 49,2, Novorossiysk 51,3) | | Draft: | 8,95
(Minsk 8,94, Novorossiysk 9,3) | | Hangar | 130
x 22.5 υ 6,6 | | Speed (knots): | 32,5 |
| Range: | 8000 nmi (18 knots)
(Minsk 8590 nmi (19 knots), Novorossiysk 7160 nmi (18 knots)), 4000 nmi (31
knots) | | Autonomy (days): | 30 |
| Propulsion: | 4x45000 hp
TV-12-3 steam turbines, 4 fixed pitch propellers, 6x1500 kW turbine-type generators,
4x1500 kW diesel-generators | | Armament: | 16
Yak-38, Yak-38M VTOL fighters (on Kiev at first 20)
18 Ka-25 helicopters
(at first on Kiev, Novorossiysk Ka-27)
2 Ka-25PS helicopters (Novorossiysk
Ka-27PS)
Other variants: 34 helicopters Ka-25 (at first on Kiev 20, Novorossiysk
Ka-27), 2 Ka-25PS helicopters (Novorossiysk Κΰ-27PS) or 14 Yak-38, Yak-38M
VTOL fighters, 2 Yak-38U training VTOL fighters, 2 Ka-25C helicopters, 16 Ka-25
helicopters (Novorossiysk Ka-27), 2 Ka-25PS helicopters (Novorossiysk Ka-27PS)
4x2 SM-241 Bazalt-1143 anti-ship missile complex launchers (Novorossiysk Bazalt-11433)
Argon-1143 fire control system (16 P-500 missiles (4K80), Novorossiysk 8 missiles)
2x2 B-187 SAM system M-11 Shtorm launchers (96 V-611 missiles (4K60)) 2 Grom-M
fire control system
2x2 ZIF-122 SAM system 4K33 Osa-M launchers (40 9M33 missiles)
2 4R-33 Fire control system not on Novorossiysk
2x2 76 mm AK-726 (3400
rounds) MR-105 Turel fire control system
8x6 30 mm AK-630M (Kiev AK-630)
(32000 rounds) 4 MR-123 Vympel-A fire control system
2x1 45 mm 21KM
1x2 MS-32 RPK-1 Vyuga launchers (16 82R anti-submarine guided missiles) Sprut-1143
fire control system (Novorossiysk Purga fire control system)
2x5 PTA-53-1143
533mm torpedo tubes (10 SET-53, SET-65 torpedoes) then removed, not on Novorossiysk
2x12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (120 RGB-60) Burya fire control system (Novorossiysk
without fire control system)
1?x7 55 mm MRG-1 Ogonyok grenade launcher (RG-55M,
GRS-55 grenades) | | Electronics: |
MR-700 Fregat-M air/surface search radar, MR-600 Voskhod air/surface search radar,
2 MR-350 Podkat surface radar (Novorossiysk), Kantata-M ESM radar system (Novorossiysk),
Gurzuf ESM radar system (Novorossiysk), Gurzuf-1 ESM radar system (Novorossiysk),
MR-262 Ograda ESM radar system, Koltco ESM radar system, Volga navigation radar,
MR-212 Vaygach-1143 navigation radar, Kremiy-2M IFF, MGK-335 Platina sonar, MG-342
Orion sonar (Novorossiysk MGK-355 Polinom sonar), MGS-407K sonar, MI-110R, MI-110K,
Alleya-2 combat information control system (Novorossiysk Alleya-2K), Korvet-1143,
Salgir-1143 navigational complex (Novorossiysk Salgir-V navigational complex),
R-790 Tcunami-BM satellite communication complex, Tayfun-1 communication complex
PK-2 decoy RL (2 launchers ZIF-121) AZ-TST-41, AZ-PTST-41, AZ-TSP-47, AZ-TST-47,
AZ-TSTV-47, AZ-TSO-47 (from 1985), AZ-TSR-47 (from 1991) rounds Tertciya fire
control system | | Complement: | 1433
(280 officers) + 430 (Minsk 1435+430, Novorossiysk 1607+430) |
Schematics 
Heavy Aircraft-Carrying Cruisers - Project 1143
Modernizations Kiev re-equipment for helicopters Ka-27
Fleets Northern Fleet: Kiev
Pacific Fleet: Minsk,
Novorossiysk
Hull Numbers
Kiev: 852(1975), 860(1976), 808(1976), 802(05.1977),
812(12.1977), 062(05.1978), 069(12.1978), 062(1978),
068(1978), 060(1979), 062(04.1979), 069(12.1979),
062(05.1980), 069(05.1981), 062(07.1981), 068(1982),
069(07.1982), 121(1982), 051(1985), 075(06.1987)
Minsk: 015(1978), 130(1978), 117(1979), 042(1979),
011(1980), 025(1983), 038(1991)
Novorossiysk: 137(1981), 018(02.1984), 028(1988),
010(1988), 028(1991)
Decommissioned 1993 - Kiev (30.06, sold to China, museum-ship),
Minsk (30.06, sold to China, museum-ship), Novorossiysk (30.06)
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