Russia - Soviet Union

Jun. 06, 1980 - 75 Anniversary of the Mutiny on the Russian armored cruiser Potemkin: The mutiny on the Potemkin is 75 years since in the year 1980. At June 28th, 1905 - one day after the defeat of the Russian at Tshushima in the Russian Japanese war and less days before the finally victory of the Japanese land as well as on water near Odessa at the Black Sea happened on the Russian armored cruiser Potemkin the mutiny which supported the revolt of the revolutionary workers of the harbor city. During the rebellion all officers of the ship got killed. About the bloody events on the cruiser, the well known Russian regisseur Sergeji Eisenstein shot in the year 1925 a film which got well known in the Soviet Union as well as in other countries. The film depicts the massacre among the peaceful crowd on the stairs of the harbor of Odessa, the denial of the firing order by the ship guard and the increasing of the revolutionary ecstasy scenes and moods reflecting the whole year of revolution 1905. A scene out of the film of S. Eisenstein: The revolutionary crew greets the workers of Odessa declaring solidarity with them

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Declaring Denial Depicts Ecstasy Eisenstein Finally Greets Happened Increasing Less Massacre Moods Mutiny Odessa Potemkin Reflecting Regisseur Revolt Solidarity Supported

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