Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Perun () yaive yekutarisa yakavakirwa Imperial Russian Navy pakati pemakore ekuma1860. Kugadzirwa kwacho kwakanga kwakavakirwa paAmerica, asi kwakashandurwa kuti zvienderane nemichina yeRussia, pfuti uye unyanzvi hwokuvaka. Achipedza basa rake rose neBaltic Fleet, ngarava yacho yaingoshanda chete apo Gulf of Finland yakanga isina kuoma nechando, asi zvishomanana zvikuru zvinozivikanwa pamusoro pebasa rake. "Perun" yakabviswa muRondedzero yeNavy muna 1900 ndokuva ngarava inotyaira. Yakapiwa zita rokuti "Lotsiia" (Pilot) muna 1915, ngarava yacho yakakuvadzwa munguva yokupandukira kweKronstadt
ra1921 uye rakaiswa pashure. Yakatsikwa-tsikwa nemvura makore matatu gare gare uye ipapo matongo ayo akaparadzwa.