 Four of Parizhskaya Kommuna 's 120 @-@ mm guns were landed shortly before 22 June 1941 . When the Germans invaded she was in Sevastopol , but she was evacuated to Novorossiysk 30 October after the Germans had breached Soviet defensive lines near the Perekop Isthmus . During 28 – 29 November she bombarded German and Romanian troops south of Sevastopol with 146 12 @-@ inch and 299 120 @-@ mm shells . She steamed into Sevastopol 's South Bay on 29 December and fired 179 and 265 120 @-@ mm shells at German troops before embarking 1025 wounded and departing in company with the cruiser Molotov on the 31st . She bombarded German positions south of Feodosiya on the evening of 4 – 5 January 1942 and on 12 January . Parizhskaya Kommuna provided gunfire support during Soviet landings behind German lines along the southern coast of the Crimea three days later . She bombarded German positions west and north of Feodosiya on the nights of 26 – 28 February in support of an offensive by the 44th Army . She fired her last shots of the war at targets near Feodosiya during the nights of 20 – 22 March 1942 before returning to Poti , Georgia , to have her worn @-@ out 12 @-@ inch guns relined . By the time this was finished the Soviets were unwilling to expose such a prominent ship to German air attacks , which had already sunk a number of cruisers and destroyers . She returned to her original name on 31 May 1943 , but remained in Poti until late 1944 when she led the surviving major units of the Black Sea Fleet back to Sevastopol on 5 November . Lend @-@ Lease British Type 290 and 291 air @-@ warning radars were fitted during the war . She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 8 July 1945 . 
