The iconic Aurora cruiser, which had been under repairs since September 2014, was handed back to the Russian Navy on Friday. It will start its movement towards Petrodgradskaya Embankment, the place of traditional anchorage, later today, a source at the press service e of the Kronstadt marine plant told on Friday, TASS reports.
"All the renovation works are over… The Aurora has returned to the Russian Navy and is ready to be towed to its berth," the plant’s press service said.
The renovation works are estimated to cost around 840 million rubles (approximately 13.2 million U.S. dollars). The cruiser got a new renovated hull, a state-of-the art homemade fire-extinguishing system and 52 new video surveillance cameras, which practically exclude any unnoticed penetration on board the ship.
