The width remained the same, the length increased slightly, which was due to the limited size of the building places of the closed slipway of the Leningrad plant named after A.

Detection ranges of air and surface targets with all radars in service were tested on the Il-28 aircraft at an altitude of 11,000 m and patrol ships of Project 1135.

In the winter of 1978-1979, the ship represented the interests of the USSR and monitored the movements of a potential enemy in the Mediterranean Sea, together with the Smyshlyonyi participated in escorting the Kiev aircraft carrier.

In connection with the attack of the PRC on Vietnam, the ship was for a long time at the entrance to the Suez Canal for a possible transition to the conflict area.

When on 5 March, the PRC leadership announced the withdrawal of its troops and the conflict was settled, the ship continued to carry out combat service.

In the same year, he took part in the only operational-tactical exercise in the history of the Soviet Navy with the real use of forces and means - the AUG Encounter Battle, between the TAVKR Kiev and Minsk.

In the period from 3 May to 30 December 1984, the ship was on a long voyage in the region of southwestern Africa (visits to Luanda in Angola, Pointe Noire in Congo, Praia and Mindelo on the Cape Verde Islands, Cotonou in Benin, Sao Tome and Principe).