The film traces the history of the cruiser Aurora and the Church of Our Savior on the Waters, built in memory of the sailors who died in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, and notes the similarity of the fates of these monuments.




Leningrad from the top.
Driving over the Alexander Column.
Cruiser Aurora, 1900 (photo).
Leningrad port.
Laying the foundation stone of the Church of the Savior on the Waters (photo, 1910).
Battle of Tsushima (photo).
Chronicle of 1905. Review of Russian ships taken prisoner.
Cruiser Aurora in Manila (photo, 1905).
Photographs of the crew of the cruiser Aurora with its commander Nikolsky.
Monument to the sailors who died during the Battle of Tsushima.
Portrait of Nicholas II. Empress Alexandra with her son Alexei.
Photographs of the construction of the memorial church.
Interiors of the Church of the Savior on the Waters (photo).
Wall paintings based on the originals of V. Vasnetsov and his daughter.
Icon of Our Lady of Shuya.
Gospel frame - a gift from Princess Volkonskaya.
Church of the Savior on the Waters (photo).
The imperial family at the consecration of the church (photo of 1911).
Photo of the crew of the cruiser "Aurora" and places visited by the cruiser (Greece, Egypt, Siam).
Paintings of the Church of the Savior on the Waters.
Sea battle (photo).
Photo of the cruiser crew, its commander Nikolsky and priest Lyubomudrov.
Sinking cruiser "Oleg" (photo). "Aurora" in the port of Bergen (photo).
Photo of the crew of the cruiser "Aurora".
Navy, Christianity
Leningrad




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