Aurora’s Journal

The cruiser Aurora was launched on 11 May 1900 and joined the Navy of Russia in July 1903. During the World War I the cruiser, being included in the second Pacific Ocean squadron, sailed to the Far East (October 1904 – May 1905). In 1917 the Aurora’s crew took an active part in the February and October revolutionary activities and the Civil War repulsing international intervention. In 1924 the cruiser was awarded the Red Banner of the USSR Central Committee and in 1927 decorated with the order of Red Banner. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War the cruiser Aurora with her crew defended Leningrad. In 1956 the cruiser Aurora was made a museum (a branch of the Central Naval Museum). For 45 years the museum has been visited by more than 28 million people from 160 countries. In 1968 the cruiser Aurora was decorated with the Order of the October Revolution. In July 1992 the Saint Andrew Naval Banner – the symbol of Russian naval power – was raised over the ship again.

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