Does Graf Zepplinski become a helicopter assault carrier?

As modern jets outgrow Graf Zepplinski, would the Soviet Navy convert her into a helicopter assault carrier?

Probably: she becomes mostly a helicopter carrier in later service, while retaining limited fixed-wing utility through aircraft such as the Yak-38.

British helicopter assaults at Suez provide the model for giving an aging carrier a new amphibious role. The concept builds on British helicopter operations in Malaya, then their use from carriers during Suez. Fleet of Oceans considers the conversion likely once Graf Zepplinski can no longer operate the Red Fleet's best jets. Helicopters become the main air group, while Yak-38 aircraft retain limited close-support and point-defence capability. The speakers also note that real component quality problems kept the Yak-38 from meeting its promise. Rebuilt Stalingrad-class ships add helicopter decks for task-group anti-submarine cover, spreading rotary-wing operations beyond the carrier itself.