Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants.

Severomorsk was laid down on 12 June 1984 and launched on 24 December 1985 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg.

[1] Beginning on 5 July 2018, the destroyer began a long voyage, visiting ports in Algeria, Victoria, Australia, Pemba and Antsiranana.

On 10 January, the ship arrived at Sevastopol to restore technical readiness, after which it continued a long sea voyage.

[5] Before returning to her homeport at Severomorsk, in November the ship sailed just outside of British territorial waters in the Moray Firth alongside the tanker Sergey Osipov.