Soviet amphibious assault ship

[Monk78]

Can the Soviets develop or modify an existing design into an amphibious assault vessel ?
I think Moskva class aviation cruisers will be a great choice
Can anyone suggest what changes will be needed to modify them ?
And if a new vessel what do you think such a vessel will look like given Soviet lack of experience in this field

 

[GTX]

What era are you talking about. The Soviet Union disbanded some 30+yrs ago

 

[Monk78]

What era are you talking about. The Soviet Union disbanded some 30+yrs ago

Mid 70s to 1990

 

[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

Ivan Rogov-class landing ship - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Monk78]

Ivan Rogov-class landing ship - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

They were too small for the intended mission and only 3 built by 1990

 

[Monk78]

Another option is to convert some older cruisers and destroyers for transporting marines

 

[Arjen]

They were too small for the intended mission and only 3 built by 1990

Ivan Rogov-class full load displacement of 14,060 tons (wiki).

If that is too small, what would you consider adequate?

Moskva-class helicopter carrier full load displacement 15,280 tons (wiki).
HNLMS Rotterdam 14,000 tons full load displacement.

 

[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

There's also Project 11780, but regardless you wouldn't convert an existing ship, the requirements for an amphibious warship are too different, you need significant volume for a well-deck, living spaces for marines, storage for their equipment and separate magazines for their munitions.