 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sissoi Veliky yaive pre-dreadnought hondo yakavakirwa Baltic Fleet muma1890. Kuvakwa kwechikepe chacho kwakakanganiswa nezvinetso zvesangano, zvokushandisa uye zvouinjiniya uye kwakatora makore anopfuura mashanu. Yakapiwa basa muna October 1896 yakanga iine zvikanganiso zvakawanda zvokugadzira nokuvaka, uye zvishomanana chete zvacho ndizvo zvakagadziriswa munguva youpenyu hwayo. Nokukurumidza pashure pemiedzo yegungwa, Sissoi Veliky yakaenda kugungwa reMediterranean kunomanikidzira kuvharirwa kweKrete nehondo yeGirisi neTurkey. Muna 1897 akatambura kuputika kunoparadza kweshongwe yepfuti yekumashure kwakauraya varume 21. Pashure pemwedzi mipfumbamwe iri muzvikepe zveToulon kuti igadziriswe, ngarava yacho yakaenda kuFar East kunosimbisa kuvapo kweRussia ikoko. Muzhizha ra1900, Sissoi Veliky yakatsigira mushandirapamwe wenyika yose wokurwisa Kupandukira kwevaBhokisi muChina. Vafambisi vengarava vaibva kuSissoi Veliky neNavarin vakapinda mukudzivirira kweInternational Legations muBeijing kweinopfuura mwedzi miviri. 