SOVIET TBILISI-CLASS CARRIER AT NIKOLAYEV
by Brian W. McMullin, 1987
The lead ship of the USSR's 65,000-metric ton TBILISI-class aircraft carriers being fitted out in the late 1980s in Nikolayev Shipyard. This carrier marked an evolutionary advance in naval capabilities over 40,000-metric ton KIEV-Class carriers then operating with the Soviet fleet.
Part of the work by DIA artists on Military Art Collection!