Novík akanga ari muparadzi weRussian Imperial Navy uye Soviet Navy, yakarayirwa muna 1913 kwaakashanda neBaltic Fleet munguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Akabatana neBolsheviks munaNovember 1917 uye akatumidzwa zita rokuti Yakov Sverdlov muna 1923. Yakanga iri ngarava yekudzidzira apo Operation Barbarossa yakatanga, asi yakadzoserwa kubasa rinoshanda zuva rakatevera. Rakarova chimbambaira musi wa 28 August 1941 ndokunonyura apo rakanga richiperekedza motokari dzokubvisa vanhu panguva yokubuda kweSoviet muTallinn.
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