Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Minsk () aiva mumwe vatungamiri vaparadzi vatanhatu yakavakwa nokuda Soviet Navy munguva 1930s, mumwe wevatatu Project 38 dzomutauro. 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. Iye akaperekedza ngarava mukati me
Kubviswa kwevanhu neSoviet muTallinn, Estonia, mukupera 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.