Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk
PROJECT 1143.3 AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF THE SOVIET NAVY
Russian aircraft carrier Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk was a conventionally powered aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification)Due to restrictions imposed by the Montreux Convention limiting the tonnage of aircraft carriers traveling through the Bosporus, all Soviet and Russian aircraft carriers are named as aircraft carrying cruisers. In the case of Novorossiysk, this accurately reflects the ship's mission and weapons fit.