People remember the names of Columbus' sloops, Magellan's Victoria, which made the first circumnavigation of the world, and the sloops Vostok and Mirny, on which Antarctica was discovered. But, perhaps, this ship is the largest in the history of mankind. The shot fired from the cruiser Aurora on an October night in 1917 marked the beginning of a new great era - the era of the successful struggle against man-to-man exploitation. think for yourself / think now

People remember the names of Columbus' sloops, Magellan's Victoria, which made the first circumnavigation of the world, and the sloops Vostok and Mirny, on which Antarctica was discovered. But, perhaps, this ship is the largest in the history of mankind. The shot fired from the cruiser Aurora on an October night in 1917 marked the beginning of a new great era - the era of the successful struggle against man-to-man exploitation. think for yourself / think now