Sebanyak empat kapal induk kelas'' Kiev '' dibangun dan ditugaskan untuk Angkatan Laut Uni Soviet dan kemudian di Angkatan Laut Rusia. Dua kapal pertama dijual ke [[Tiongkok]] sebagai museum, dan kapal ketiga dibesituakan. Kapal keempat, ''Admiral Gorshkov'', dijual ke [[Angkatan Laut India]] pada tahun 2004, dan setelah dilakukan modifikasi dan revitalisasi, kembali berdinas dibawahdi bawah nama [[INS Vikramaditya|INS ''Vikramaditya'']].<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Gokhale | first1 = Nitin A. | date = 2014-06-14 | title = All you wanted to know about INS Vikramaditya | url = https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-ins-vikramaditya/20140614.htm | url-status = live | work = [[Rediff.com|Rediff News]] | language = en-IN | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210226192605/https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-ins-vikramaditya/20140614.htm | archive-date = 2021-02-26 | access-date = 2021-12-10 | quote = It was at this juncture that Russia offered Admiral Gorshkov to the Indian Navy. Negotiations over acquiring the 44,500-ton ''Admiral Gorshkov'' started in 1994. Various high-level delegations who had assessed the ship had independently concluded that the ship’s hull was in good material state and would be worth considering for exploitation in the Indian Navy with a suitable mix of aircraft. | df = dmy-all}}</ref>
