[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Cruiser Aurora [{Image src='270rs.jpg' width='800' height='675' alt='Cruiser Aurora ' class='image_left' popup='false'}] [{SET customtitle='Cruiser Aurora '}] \\ The Cruiser Aurora anchored in Saint Petersburg Harbor. It was a blank shot fired from this ship that signaled the assault on the Winter Palace and launched the October 1917 Revolution.