Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Leningrad () raive ngarava inotungamira yekirasi yake yevatungamiriri vatanhatu vekuparadza ngarava dzakavakirwa Soviet Navy muma1930, imwe yemhando nhatu dzeProject 1. Yakapedzwa muna 1936, ngarava yacho 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, "Leningrad" yakafukidza mabasa okuchera zvimbambaira, yakaisa zvimbambaira pachayo, uye yakapa rutsigiro rwemoto wehondo kumapoka eSoviet. Iye akaperekedza ngarava mukati me
kubviswa kweTallinn, Estonia, muna August uye ipapo kupfura mauto eGermany mukati meKukombwa kweLeningrad. Ngarava yacho yakanga yagoverwa kuti ibudise mauto eSoviet kubva munharaunda yavo muHanko, Finland, muna November, asi yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nemigodhi munzira uye yakamanikidzwa kudzokera kuLeningrad kuti igadziriswe. Mushure mokunge vapedza, "Leningrad" yakatangazve kupfura nzvimbo dzeGermany uye yakaramba ichidaro kusvikira Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive yakavadzinga kubva muguta munaJanuary 1944.