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No, they had plans for it during the Soviet days prior to its collapse.Have Russia ever fielded a nuclear powered flat top carrier ???
Ulyanovsk (Cyrillic: Улья́новск was the first of a class of never completed Soviet nuclear-powered supercarriers. The hull was laid down in 1988, but the project was cancelled at 40% complete along with a sister ship in 1991. Scrapping began on 4 February 1992.
Pic: General Quarters!: Flashback Friday: Ulyanovsk-class
Displacement: 60,000 tons empty, 79,758 tons full load.
Propulsion: 4 × KN-3 nuclear reactors + 4 × steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shp
Planned airgroup (70 aircraft):
24 Sukhoi Su-33 (Su-27K) Fighters
24 Mikoyan MiG-29K Fighters
4 Yakovlev Yak-44 RLD Airborne early warning aircraft
16 Kamov Ka-27 Anti-submarine helicopters
2 Ka-27PS Search and rescue helicopters