Kiev is the first ship of the former USSR Kiev-Class carriers.
 
The keel was laid down in July of 1970 and launched in 1972.
 
In May 1975 Kiev officially joined the USSR Navy on active duty in the former USSR Pacific Fleet and served until 1993. In 1996 she was sold to a Chinese company and became a luxury hotel in 2013.
 
There are eight missile launchers located on the head of the deck along with a number of other functional missile launchers on the four sides of upper deck. The carrier is also equipped with four 76mm conventional guns. Kiev is the first aircraft carrier that carries that carries the vertical and short-distance take-off fighters.
 
Details:
Dimensions: L: 387 mm W: 78mm H: 96mm
Total Parts: 123 pieces
 
Speed: 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 13,500 nmi (25,000 km; 15,500 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 1,612 ship's crew 430 air group
Armament:
4 × twin SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM launchers (8 missiles)
2 × twin SA-N-3 Shtorm SAM launchers (72 missiles)
2 × twin SA-N-4 Gecko SAM launchers (40 missiles)
2 × twin 76 mm guns
8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
1 × twin SUW-N-1 ASW rocket launcher (16 nuclear-tipped rockets)
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
 
Aircraft Carried: 32 (total)
12 Yak-38M fighter aircraft
20 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 helicopters