davidedric
POTN Refugee
100 years of history
This is the Russian cruiser Aurora, now a floating museum in St. Petersburg.
In November of 1917, in what was then Petrograd, a blank fired from the Imperial Navy's Aurora was the signal to storm the Tsar's Winter Palace. A crucial moment at the start of the Russian Revolution.
Almost exactly 50 years later, in August 1967, in what was then Leningrad, I was there and took this photo when the Soviet Navy ship was then a museum. (I'm afraid the years have not been kind to the photo).
Now, again, more than another 50 years later, the Russian ship is now in St. Petersburg, and from recent photos I've seen looking a bit more spruce.
What a century!
This is the Russian cruiser Aurora, now a floating museum in St. Petersburg.
In November of 1917, in what was then Petrograd, a blank fired from the Imperial Navy's Aurora was the signal to storm the Tsar's Winter Palace. A crucial moment at the start of the Russian Revolution.
Almost exactly 50 years later, in August 1967, in what was then Leningrad, I was there and took this photo when the Soviet Navy ship was then a museum. (I'm afraid the years have not been kind to the photo).
Now, again, more than another 50 years later, the Russian ship is now in St. Petersburg, and from recent photos I've seen looking a bit more spruce.
What a century!
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