 Admiral Makarov was the second of the four Bayan @-@ class armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid @-@ 1900s . While initially assigned to the Baltic Fleet , the ship was detached to the Mediterranean several times before the start of World War I in 1914 . She was modified to lay mines shortly after the war began .
 styczni 1917 roku , the ship was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet , where she was used to patrol the Turkish border with the Ottoman Empire .
On 18 lutego 1918 года , the ship was assigned to the Baltic Fleet , where she was