The Legendary Naval Cruiser “AURORA” – Cradle of “Book of PEACE”

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGENDARY CRUISER “AURORA”:

MAY 1897 – LAYING OF THE SHIP AT THE SHIPYARD NEW ADMIRALTY IN SAINT-PETERSBURG.

MAY 1900 – LAUNCHING OF THE SHIP.

JULY 1903 – PUTTING OF THE SHIP INTO OPERATION.

OCTOBER 1904 – MAY 1905 – CROSSING TO THE FAR EAST.

14-15 MAY 1905 – PARTICIPATION IN TSUSIMA BATTLE.

1909-1912 – FAR CAMPAIGNS, PROVISION OF NAVAL TRAINING OF THE MARINE CORPS REEFERS.

1914-1916 – PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE BALTIC SEA.

1917 – REPAIR OF THE SHIP AT THE SHIPYARD NEW ADMIRALTY. PARTICIPATION IN REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS.

1918-1920 – THE SHIP IS CONSERVED IN KRONSTADT. PARTICIPATION OF THE “AURORA” CREW IN THE CIVIL WAR.

1923-1940 – “AURORA” IS A TRAINING SHIP. PARTICIPATION IN LONG CAMPAIGNS.

1941-1944 – PARTICIPATION OF THE CREW IN DEFENSE OF LENINGRAD.

1944-1948 – REPAIR OF THE SHIP AND RE-EQUIPMENT INTO A TRAINING BASE. NOVEMBER

1948 – PLACING OF THE SHIP AT THE PETROGRADSKAYA EMBANKMENT.

1948-1956 – “AURORA” IS A TRAINING BASE FOR NAKHIMOV NAVAL COLLEGE.

1956 – THE SHIP MUSEUM IS OPENED ON BOARD OF “AURORA” CRUISER.

1984-1987 – REPAIR OF THE SHIP.

1987 – RETURN OF THE SHIP TO PETROGRADSKAYA EMBANKMENT TO THE PLACE OF ITS ETERNAL ANCHORAGE. 7-14 NOVEMBER 2001 – THE I RANK the CRUISER “AURORA” BECAME THE CRADLE OF the “BOOK OF PEACE”.

IN THE COURSE OF 7 DAYS OVER 600 PEOPLE MADE THEIR ENTRIES TO the “BOOK OF PEACE” TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR PEACE ON EARTH. AND NOW, 100 YEARS AFTER ITS BIRTH, the “AURORA” CRUISER KEEPS SERVING ITS MOTHERLAND.

IN THE YEARS OF THE SHIP MUSEUM HISTORY OVER 28 MLN. PEOPLE VISITED IT. PEOPLE OF MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES WERE ON BOARD OF “AURORA” AS MEMBERS OF DELEGATIONS.