Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Slava" yakavakwa neBaltic Works muSaint Petersburg. Yakagadzwa musi wa1 Mbudzi 1902, yakatangwa musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 1903, uye yakapedzwa muna Gumiguru 1905, nguva yakanga yapera kuti ipinde muHondo yeRussia neJapan. Pamwe chete nengarava yehondo, akabatsira kudzvinyirira Sveaborg Rebellion muna 1906. "Slava" akagoverwa kuchikwata chokurovedza chevakuru vatsva vachangobva kuNaval College iyo yakaumbwa pashure peKupandukira sorutivi rwezvakagadziridzwa zvengarava pashure peTsushima. Pane imwe nzendo yokudzidzira yokuMediterranean, vashandi vayo vakanunura vakapona pakudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika kuMessina muna 1908
uye ngarava yacho yakaendesa vakakuvadzwa kuNaples kunorapwa. Akanga ane tsaona yakakomba yemvura muna August 1910 uye akadhonzwa na "Tsesarevich" kuGibraltar nokuda kwekugadziriswa kwenguva pfupi asati aenda kuToulon nokuda kwekugadziriswa kwaida gore rinenge kupera. Paakadzokera kuKronstadt akabviswa pabasa rake rokudzidzisa ndokuendeswa kuBaltic Fleet.