Yak-38 question

A friend of mine heard, that Soviets were thinking about to rebuilt a container-ships to carry one or two Yak-38 fighters with necessary munition, fuel and maintenance devices. When needed, the deck should open and plane could be launched or landed. The goal was to cover, that this ships are in fact aircraft-carriers.

I want to prove, if is this only rumour, or if is it based on some real proposals. I know about a lot of real soviet bizare projects, so is it one of them?