Cruiser Aurora

Cruiser Aurora Defender Russia in three wars, a member of the revolutionary events of 1917, and now a museum.
His legendary past and present symbolic “Aurora” attracts attention, which truly deserves. The cruiser was launched in 1900 in St. Petersburg. He participated in the Tsushima naval battle of the Russian-Japanese war. Back on the Baltic Sea, the cruiser plied long as a training ship of the Marine Corps. During the First World War, the cruiser was involved in the fighting in the Baltic Sea. In 1917, the crew of “Aurora” actively participated in the February and October revolutionary events and the ensuing civil war and foreign intervention reflection. Fighting history of the cruiser continued until 1948, when it was moored at the quay. In 1956, at the “Aurora” is a museum, which is visited by tens of millions of people.

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