The ship provided naval gunfire support to Soviet troops along the Arctic coast in late 1941, but was not called upon to do so afterwards.

In 1943 and 1944, Grozny participated in several unsuccessful attempts to intercept German supply ships along the Norwegian coast.

They licensed the plans for the Folgore class and, in modifying it for their purposes, overloaded a design that was already somewhat marginally stable.

Variations in fuel oil capacity meant that the range of the Gnevnys varied between 1,670 and 3,145 nautical miles (3,093 and 5,825 km; 1,922 and 3,619 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).

They were fitted with a set of Mars hydrophones for antisubmarine work, although they were useless at speeds over 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph).

[9] She covered Soviet forces attacking the Finnish towns of Petsamo and Liinakhamari in the Arctic on 30 November–2 December 1939 at the beginning of the Winter War.

On 2–3 January 1940, Grozny and her sister ship Gromky helped to cover the laying of a minefield off Petsamo.

[Note 1][12] Now assigned to the 1st Destroyer Division of the fleet, Grozny, together with her sister Sokrushitelny and the minelayer Kanin, helped to lay 275 mines on 23–24 July at the entrance to the White Sea.

On 10–15 September, Grozny and her sisters in the 1st Destroyer Division (Sokrushitelny, Gremyashchy and Gromky) laid a pair of minefields off the Rybachy Peninsula using British mines delivered by the minelayer HMS Adventure.

Five days later, Grozny shelled German positions near the Zapadnaya Litsa River with 112 rounds from her main guns.

[13] After refitting in January 1942, Grozny, together with Gromky, escorted the light cruiser HMS Nigeria to rendezvous with Convoy PQ 11 on 20 February, but the destroyers were forced to return to port because of a strong storm.

Together with the destroyer leader Baku and Gromky, Grozny unsuccessfully attempted to intercept German supply ships along the coast of Norway on 27–28 and 30–31 March.

Another attempt by Grozny and three other destroyers to intercept German supply ships off the Norwegian coast on 20–22 January 1944 was unsuccessful.

[15] After the war, the ship was transferred back to the Baltic Fleet on 26 June 1948 and later received a lengthy modernization that lasted until 21 August 1956.