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Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Russian sailors protested against the quality of their food according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant dated 13 July 1905


Original movie poster of the film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, cinematography by Edaurd Tisse, copyrighted by Goskino Films. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vintage_Potemkin.jpg

Reval [Tallinn, Estonia], 12 July. Of the crews on board of the Russian warships anchored in this port refused around 700 sailors that afternoon their food because it was disgusting. Some representatives were send to the commanding officer who tasted their food and who agreed with them. The officer responsible for the food distribution was dismissed and send to prison for 8 days with limited rights. He was accused by the sailors that he stole a part of the money which was to be used for food. Sailors on board of the ships of the Minin and Kreml were not allowed to carry arms afraid for mutiny.(1)'

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1. A month earlier was the famous mutiny on board of the Potemkin.