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Timeline

DateEvent
Jun 25, 1968 Laid down Yard / serial no 2001
Dec 19, 1969 Launched
Feb 1972 Commissioned
Sep 26, 1973 Port Visit HR Split visited Split until 1 Oct
Apr 15, 1981 Port Visit CU Port of Havana visited Havana until 21 Apr
Jul 16, 1986 Deployment collided with Strogy during an exercise in the Sea of Japan Accident
Nov 1, 1987 Refit UA 61 Communard entered repair and refit at Mikolayev but were cancelled in Apr 1992 and never completed Refit abandoned
Oct 29, 1992 Decommissioned
Aug 10, 1994 Fate: scrapped towed to India for scrapping