February Revolution in Saint Petersburg. She was renamed Grazhdanin ( (meaning Citizen)) on 13 April 1917 after the February Revolution. The ship took part in the Battle of Moon Sound in October 1917 off the coast of Estonia. During the climatic part of the battle, Grazhdanin engaged the German minesweepers on 17 October with little effect while the predreadnought engaged the German dreadnoughts and . The latter fired at Grazhdanin and hit her twice, killing one and wounding four crewmen, although neither hit caused significant damage. The German dreadnoughts outranged Grazhdanin, and she was forced to abandon Moon Sound in the face of German pressure. By December the ship was in Kronstadt, where she came under the control of the Bolsheviks, and she was hulked there in May 1918. Grazhdanin was scrapped beginning in 1924, although she was not officially stricken from the Navy List until 21 November 1925. Notes Footnotes References External links Article in Russian language Battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy Ships built in France 1901 ships Battleships of Russia Russo-Japanese War battleships of Russia World War I battleships of Russia Maritime incidents in 1904 Shipwrecks of China Battleships of the Soviet Navy