 During the Winter War , Kirov , escorted by the destroyers <unk> and <unk> <unk> , attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns at Russarö , 5 kilometres ( 3 @.@ 1 mi ) south of Hanko on 30 November . She only fired 35 rounds before she was damaged by a number of near misses and had to return to the Soviet naval base at Liepāja for repairs . She remained there for the rest of the Winter War and afterwards was under repair at Kronstadt from October 1940 to 21 May 1941 . 
