> who re-christens her Aurora Although there was probably a significant element of chance (how many naval ships were in St. Petersburg harbour at the time?), y

> who re-christens her Aurora Although there was probably a significant element of chance (how many naval ships were in St. Petersburg harbour at the time?), you have to hand it to the Bolsheviks: using a cruiser named "Dawn"* in latin, to signal a revolutionary attack, was a majorly literary flex. * her greek epithet being rhododactylos, "red"-fingered, just layers on the allusions.