Sergei Eisenstein 's famous motion picture The Battleship Potemkin commemorated the uprising and included a scene where hundreds of Odessan citizens were murdered on the great stone staircase ( now popularly known as the `` Potemkin Steps '' ) , in one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history .
Sergei Eisenstein 's famous motion picture The Battleship Potemkin commemorated the uprising and included a scene where hundreds of Odessan citizens were killed on the great stone staircase ( now popularly known as the `` Potemkin Steps '' ) , in one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history .