Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk

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Minsk (Russian: Минск) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built. From 2000 to 2016 she was a theme park known as Minsk World in Shatoujiao, Yantian, Shenzhen, China. In April 2016, Minsk was towed to Jiangsu for exhibition. On 16 August 2024, she caught fire in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

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