title: Soviet aircraft carrier Riga
text: # Soviet aircraft carrier Riga
  
  There have been two Russian aircraft carriers laid down as Riga
  
  * Riga, an Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier laid down in 1981, renamed Leonid Brezhnev in 1982 and again as Admiral Kuznetsov in 1990
  * Riga, also an Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier laid down in 1985 and launched in 1988 renamed Varyag in 1990 but never completed and later sold to China.
  