Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Minsk () yaive imwe yevatungamiriri vatanhatu vanoparadza vakavakirwa Soviet Navy mukati ma1930, imwe yemhando nhatu dzeProject 38. Yakapedzwa muna 1939, ngarava yakapiwa kuBaltic Fleet uye yakaita basa duku muHondo yechando inopesana neFinland muna 1939-1940. Pashure pokutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, kudenha kweGermany kweSoviet Union muna June 1941, "Minsk" yakafukidza mabasa okuchera uye yakapa zvombo zvehondo zvehondo zveSoviet. Yakaperekedza ngarava panguva yokubuda kweSoviet muTallinn
, Estonia, pakupera kwaAugust. Ngarava yacho yakanyudzwa nemabhomba eGermany musi wa 23 September, kunyange zvazvo kuparara kwayo kwakaponeswa muna 1942 uye kwakagadziriswa. "Minsk" yakashandiswazve muna 1943 asi kugadziriswa hakuna kupedzwa kutozosvikira gore rakatevera. Ngarava yacho yakachinjwa kuva ngarava yokudzidzisa muna 1951, yakazova ngarava inotarisirwa muna 1958 uye yakanyura gore iroro.