Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

Name: Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza N.G. Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л Фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Н.Г. Кузнецо́в)
Namesake: Nikolay Kuznetsov
Ordered: 3 March 1981
Builder: Nikolayev South
Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau
Laid down: 1 April 1982
Launched: 6 December 1985
Commissioned: 25 December 1990 (Fully operational in 1995)
Refit: May – August 2015
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
43,000 tons (Standard-load)
55,200 tons (Full-load)
61,390 tons (Max-load)
Length:
305 m (1,001 ft)
270 m (890 ft)
Beam:
72 m (236 ft)
35 m (115 ft)
Draft: 10 m (33 ft)
Propulsion:
Steam turbines, 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW)
2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
4 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed: 29 knots (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,700 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Endurance: 45 days
Complement:
1,690 (total); 1,690 ship's crew
626 air group
40 flag staff
3,857 rooms
Armament:
6 × AK-630 AA guns (6×30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)
8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 32 3K87 Kortik SAM)
12 × P-700 Granit SSM
24 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)
RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets)
Aircraft carried:
Approx. 41 aircraft
Fixed Wing;
12 × Su-33 fighters (current)
20 × MiG-29K/KUB fighters (future)
4 × Sukhoi Su-25UTG/UBP trainers
Rotary Wing;
4 × Kamov Ka-27LD32 helicopters
18 × Kamov Ka-27PL helicopters
2 × Kamov Ka-27PS helicopters