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{{DISPLAYTITLE|Soviet aircraft carrier ''Ulyanovsk''}}
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|Ship image= Ul'janovsk.jpg
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|Ship caption= ''Ulyanovsk'' at sea
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Ulyanovsk''-class {{wp|aircraft carrier}}
|Builders={{wp|Black Sea Shipyard}}
|Operators=[[File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1950–1991).svg|23x15px]] [[Soviet Naval Forces (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet Navy]]
|Class before={{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|4}}
|Built range= 1988-1995
|In service range= 1996-present
|Total ships = 2
|Total ships completed= 2
|Total ships active= 2}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship type = {{wp|Aircraft carrier}}
|Ship displacement=65,800 tons standard
75,000 tons full load
|Ship length=321.2 m (1,054 ft) {{wp|Length overall|overall}}
|Ship beam=
*83.9 m (275 ft) overall
*40 m (130 ft) at waterline
|Ship draught=10.6 m (35 ft)
|Ship propulsion=
*4 × {{wp|KN-3 reactor|KN-3}} {{wp|nuclear reactors}}
*4 × steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 {{wp|Horsepower#Shaft horsepower|shp}} (210,000 kW)
|Ship speed=30 knots (56 km/h)
|Ship range=Unlimited distance; 20-25 years
|Ship complement=3,400 total
|Ship armament=
*12 × {{wp|P-700 Granit}} {{wp|Surface-to-surface missile|SSMs}},
*{{wp|Buk missile system#9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 (Ural)|Buk}} {{wp|Surface-to-air missile|SAMs}},
*8 × {{wp|CADS-N-1}} {{wp|CIWS}},
*8 × {{wp|AK-630}} {{wp|Gattling gun|rotary}} {{wp|anti-aircraft}} cannons
|Ship aircraft=
*68 aircraft total
*44 {{wp|Sukhoi Su-33}}
*''and/or'' {{wp|Mikoyan MiG-29K}}
*6 × {{wp|Yak-44}} radar picket aircraft
*16 {{wp|Kamov Ka-27PL}} {{wp|Anti-submarine warfare|ASW}} helicopters
*2 Kamov Ka-27PS SAR helicopters
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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=Soviet Union
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}}
|Ship name=''Ulyanovsk'' ({{lang|ru|Улья́новск}})
|Ship owner=
|Ship namesake={{wp|Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov}}
|Ship ordered=11 June 1986
|Ship laid down = 25 November 1988
|Ship launched = 19 December 1995
|Ship commissioned = 23 March 1996
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'''''Ulyanovsk''''' ({{lang-ru|Улья́новск}}, {{IPA-ru|ʊˈlʲjanəfsk}} is an {{wp|aircraft carrier}} (classified as a heavy {{wp|aircraft cruiser}} by the Soviet navy). It is the {{wp|flagship}} of the [[Soviet Navy (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet Navy]] and the [[Black Sea Fleet (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Black Sea Fleet]]. She was built by the {{wp|Black Sea Shipyard}} in {{wp|Nikolayev}} from 1988 until its completion in 1996. She was initially titled '''''Kremlin''''' before being renamed after the Soviet city of {{wp|Ulyanovsk}}, named after Soviet leader and communist {{wp|Vladimir Lenin}} (Vladimir ''Ulyanov'')
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[[Category:Aircraft carriers of the Soviet Navy]]