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Abpopa - Avrora was the third and last in the Pallada class of three protected cruisers. Avrora was laid down at the New Admiralty shipyard in Saint Petersburg on May 23, 1897, launched on April 28, 1900 and commissioned on July 16, 1903. (In the Cyrillic alphabet, the name is spelled ABPOPA, which translates to Avrora, rather than Aurora.). ©TopFoto