3102 The Cruiser Aurora from across the Neva River.
2527 The forward gun that fired to the start of the October Uprising by signaling the storming of the Winter Palace.
On our walking tour of St. Petersburg we got pretty close to the Cruiser Aurora. It was the crew of this ship that was the spearhead for the October Uprising that brought the Bolsheviks to power in Russia.
In fact, the storming of the Winter Palace and arrest of Nicholas II was started when the forward gun of the cruiser fired a shot. As they say, the rest is history.
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