Then they returned to Sevastopol, but in mid-October it was announced that they are again going to the Mediterranean. On October 5, both ships were photographed as they passed through the Bosphorus.
Tomēr oktobra sākumā Melnās flotes preses pārstāvis paziņoja, ka kuģi atkal dosies uz Vidusjūru, un 5.oktobrī tie tika nofotografēti, šķērsojot Bosforu.