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Cruiser Aurora
The warship whose blank shot is said to have signaled the storming of the Winter Palace in 1917, now a museum.
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- Most days
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Petrovskaya Embankment, St. PetersburgDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes on foot from Gorkovskaya metro station.
Why Go
Launched in 1900, the Aurora fought in the Russo-Japanese War. On the night of the October Revolution in 1917, a blank shot from her bow gun is said to have signaled the attack on the Winter Palace. She is moored on the Petrograd Side, with exhibits below deck.
Nearby in St. Petersburg
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