Aurora

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Aurora was a Russian protected cruiser famed for firing the symbolic shot that signaled the start of the October Revolution in 1917.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ship
protected cruiser
armament 24 × 75 mm guns
3 × 381 mm torpedo tubes
8 × 152 mm guns
8 × 37 mm guns
beam 16.8 m
becameMuseumShip 1957
builder Admiralty Shipyard
surface form: New Admiralty Shipyard
commissioned 1903-07-29
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
crewComplement ~570
damagedIn World War II
displacement 6731 tons (standard)
draught 6.4 m
featuredIn Soviet and Russian propaganda and commemorative art
featuredOn Soviet postage stamps
heritageStatus Monument of military glory of Russia
homePort St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
laidDown 1897-06-23
launched 1900-05-11
length 126.8 m
locationOfEvent Saint Petersburg Federal City
surface form: Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg)
managedBy Central Naval Museum (Russia)
mooredAt Petrogradskaya Embankment
surface form: Petrogradskaya Embankment, Neva River, Saint Petersburg
namedAfter Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn
surface form: Aurora (Roman goddess of dawn)
notableEvent Fired a blank shot on 1917-10-25 (O.S.) signaling the start of the assault on the Winter Palace
operator Imperial Russian Navy
Soviet Navy
owner Russian Navy
participatedIn Battle of Tsushima
Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution

Russo-Japanese War
World War I
politicalSignificance Symbol of the October Revolution
propulsion 24 coal-fired boilers
3 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
reopenedAsMuseumAfterRestoration 2016-07-30
roleInWorldWarII stationary training and barracks ship in Leningrad
shipClass Pallada-class cruiser
symbolOf Russian Revolution
Soviet power in Petrograd
topSpeed 19 knots
underwentMajorRestoration 1984–1987
2014–2016
usedAs cadet training vessel for the Naval Academy
training ship

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