The ships were built as a part of expansion of the Soviet Navy's amphibious warfare capabilities in the 1970s.

Up to 53 tanks or 80 armoured personnel carriers may be carried if the well deck is used for ground vehicle parking.

Mitrofan Moskalenko was decommissioned after the Russian Ministry of Defence determined modernization would be as costly as buying a new ship.

[7] Aleksandr Nikolayeev is still kept preserved as of Autumn 2019, despite scrapping tender being been published in April 2016.

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