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Russian cruiser Aurora

Крейсер «Аврора»

Early 20th-century protected cruiser (extensively repaired after WWII and in the 1980s), most famous for her symbolic role in the Russian Revolution of November 1917. It took part in the Russo-Japanese war in 1905. It has long been a museum ship open to the public, moored in front of the Nakhimov Naval School.

  • Built 1900
Address
Petrogradskaya Embankment (Петроградская наб.) 2
Getting there
1.5 km (1 mi) from: Gorkovskaya (Горьковская), you can also use: 6 and bus 46 or 49
Hours
Mon-Fri 10:30-16:00 only for groups
Price
Adults – RUB 300, Students – RUB 100, Photo RUB 50, Video filming RUB 100

Listing from Wikivoyage: Saint Petersburg/Petrograd Side, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Location and details from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.