[1] The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 31 July 1955 and commissioned on 30 June 1958.

[3] In the period from October 7, 1970, to July 15, 1971, she performed combat missions to provide assistance to the Egyptian armed forces.

After modernization in 1974, she served in the Mediterranean, where she was responsible for the surveillance of the aircraft carriers USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, Forrestal and Saratoga.

On August 30, 1974, together with Soznatelny, Komsomolets Ukrainy and Beshtau, took part in the rescue operations of Otvazhny in the Black Sea.

The exercises were also attended by Zhdanov, Komsomolets Ukrainy, Sderzhanny, Stroyny, Udaloy, Nakhodchivy, Soznatelny, Neulovimy, Silny, Druzhny, Volk, Zarnitsa, K-298, Kildin, Desna, etc.