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AURORA (Russian: Аврора, pronounced “Avrora”) is considered to be the main symbol of the Russian revolution of 1917. She was launched in 1900 and was meant to strengthen the Russian Navy in the Pacific Ocean. She was used to battle the Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, and it was she that gave a blank shot and signaled the storming of the Winter Palace by Bolsheviks on October 25, 1917. Nowadays she lies to the east of the Peter and Paul Fortress and serves as a year-round public museum. |
