Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk
Minsk in 1983 | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Minsk |
| Namesake | City of Minsk |
| Builder | Chernomorskiy yard, Mykolayiv |
| Laid down | 28 December 1972 |
| Launched | 30 September 1975 |
| Commissioned | 27 September 1978 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
| Status | Sold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016. Severely damaged by fire on 16 August 2024 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kiev-class aircraft cruiser |
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| Length | 273 m (896 ft) overall |
| Beam | |
| Draught | 8.94 m (29.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 shaft geared steam turbines, 140,000 shp |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Endurance | 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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Minsk (Russian: Минск) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built.
From 2000 to 2016 she was a theme park known as Minsk World in Shatoujiao, Yantian, Shenzhen, China.
In April 2016, Minsk was towed to Jiangsu for exhibition. On 16 August 2024, she was burnt in a fire in Nantong, Jiangsu province.