The light cruiser Aurora was "adopted" by the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Socialist Union. Reason given: The cruiser (of its own accord) struck the decisive blow in the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Apparently some sentimental feeling on the part of Moscow caused this "adoption" to be made, for it was stated that a cowardly band of counter-revolutionaries tried to blow up the Aurora in a fit of blind rage.
The custom of "adoption" is an honor invented by the Bolsheviki to replace the Tsarist method of making...
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