116-year-old Bolshevik Revolution warship returns to St. Petersburg

Image Courtesy of Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo
Image Courtesy of Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo

By The Associated Press, July 16, 2016 

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The cruiser Aurora, which fired the shot that announced the start of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, has returned to its mooring in St. Petersburg after nearly two years of repair work.

The 116-year-old ship was pulled by tugboats up the Neva River early Saturday, watched by thousands of people along the river’s embankments.

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