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Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, romanized: Avrora, IPA:) is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada -class cruisers , built in Saint Petersburg for service in the Pacific.
The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo , located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace. Upon returning from his Grand Embassy in 1698, Peter I of Russia embarked on a policy of Westernization and expansion that was to transform the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire and a major European power. [10]
Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931 Autochrome of the Amber Room in the Catherine Palace, 1917 Reconstructed Amber Room, 2003. The Amber Room (Russian: Янтарная комната, romanized: Yantarnaya Komnata, German: Bernsteinzimmer) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near ...
It was from the English Embankment that at 2 am on October 25, 1917, the gunshot from the Aurora sent the signal to storm the Winter Palace during Russian Revolution. [ 1 ] The English Embankment runs perpendicular to the south end of the Annunciation Bridge and spans between the Novo-Admiralteysky Canal and the Decembrists Square , where it ...
The first building on the Aurora Cliff was constructed for a Russian general circa 1895. [7] [nb 3] The first structure he built was a wooden cottage romantically named the "Castle of Love." [8] Later on, the ownership of the cottage passed to A. K. Tobin, a court doctor to the Russian tsar.
Aurora chasers have another reason to be thankful Thursday: A solar storm is forecast to reach Earth and produce colorful northern lights in the Northern Hemisphere.
The film takes place in Petrograd in October 1917. Lenin is going to organize an armed uprising, while Zinoviev is against it. Most members of the Central Committee support Lenin.