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The name of the cruiser was in honor of the frigate "Aurora", defended Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky during the Crimean War of 1853-1856.Construction of the ship began June 4, 1897 in St. Petersburg at the New Admiralty shipyard.
"Aurora" was launched on May 24, 1900, and in July 1903 came into operation warships of the fleet of Russia.During the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 the cruiser received a baptism of fire in the Battle of Tsushima.
Returning to the Baltic Sea, he sailed for a long time as a training ship, on which their practice midshipmen of the Naval College.During World War II took an active part in hostilities in the Baltic Sea.In 1917 the crew of the Aurora has been actively involved in the February and October of the revolutionary developments, and followed them a civil war and the reflection of foreign intervention.
October 25, 1917 "Aurora" by signaling a rocket fired at the Winter Palace.In 1922-1923 years the cruiser was commissioned and became a training ship, which until 1940 held the practice of naval cadets naval schools.
During the Great Patriotic War during the Siege of Leningrad "Aurora" stood against the wall in the port city now Oranienbaum.
Lomonosov and subjected to fascist attacks and bombings.In 1948, the cruiser was moored at the quay of the Petrograd and Leningrad until 1956 was used as a training base of the Leningrad Nakhimov college.
Later it was turned into a ship museum.To this day, the cruiser is a branch of the Central Naval Museum. |
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