Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Varyag" yakatangwa musi wa 7 April 1963 uye yakagamuchirwa kuPacific Fleet musi wa 23 September 1965 sechikamu che175th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade, ichienda kuVladivostok nenzira yekuchamhembe yegungwa. Ngarava iyi yakashanda muIndian Ocean pakati pa13 Zvita 1971 na6 Kurume 1972 sechikamu chehuwandu hweSoviet navy panguva yeIndo-Pakistani Hondo
sezviri pachena sechinhu chinopesana kuti uve nechokwadi chekusavhiringidza neRoyal Navy neUS Navy. Pakati pa1975 na1981, "Varyag" yakaita kugadziriswa nokuvandudzwa, ichidzokera kubasa muIndian Ocean nechikepe chaisanganisira kushanya kuDa Nang, Vietnam pakati pa10 na14 October 1981. Ngarava iyi yakasungirirwa ku183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade kubva musi wa1 Kurume 1985, ichitora chikamu mukudzidzira kukuru kwechikepe chepamusoro pamwe nedzimwe ngarava dzeSoviet pakati pa7 na10 Gumiguru 1988.