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What Do You Dream About, Cruiser ‘Aurora’ ?
Date Made: 1991
Country: Soviet Union
Method: Tempera paint on fiberboard
Measurements: 60 cm x 90 cm; 23 5/8 in x 35 7/16 in
The famous cruiser "aurora" made that single gun shot in 1917 that was a signal to storm the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg and since then was considered in the Sovit Union the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution. “Aurora” was made a floating museum and permanently anchored in Leningrad. On this poster cruiser is shown on Moscow-river by the walls of the Kremlin as if it is about to start the new Perestroika Revolution. The cruiser, built in St. Petersburg between 1897 and 1900, took an active part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and participated in the Tsusima battle, in which most of Russia's Pacific fleet was destroyed. After the war the ship was used for personnel training and during the October revolution of 1917 gave the signal (by firing a blank shot) to storm of the Winter Palace, which was being used as a residence by the democratic, but largely ineffective Provisional Government. During World War II and the 900-day Siege of Leningrad the guns of the ship were taken down and used on the front line of the city's defenses. After the war the ship was carefully restored and used as a free museum and training ship for cadets from the nearby Nakhimov Navy School. "Aurora" is depicted in this poster in the Moscow river adjacent to the walls of the Kremlin as if it where about to fire a shot to start a new Revolution; The Perestroika Revolution. NOTE: There is a copy of this poster done by the artist. Both are original paitings because they are not a print of one another, both were hand painted by the artist. Accession No. 2009.053.093
Accession Number: 2009.053.111
Item Name: Painting
Credit Line: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris