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<i>Valerian Kuybyshev</i> (ship)

Valerian Kuybyshev (ship)

Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship

The Valerian Kuybyshev (Russian: Валериан Куйбышев) was a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Neva basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia and entered service in 1976. She was named after prominent Soviet politician Valerian Kuybyshev. At 3,950 tonnes,[3] Valerian Kuybyshev was one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Mikhail Frunze, Fyodor Shalyapin, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Valerian Kuybyshev was operated by Vodohod, the biggest Russian river cruise line.

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She sailed under Russian flag, and her last home port was Nizhny Novgorod.[7]

Features

The ship had two restaurants, two bars, solarium, sauna and a resting area.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Валериан Куйбышев (in Russian)
  2. [2]
    Cruises 2013 (in Russian)
  3. [3]
    RRR, Vessel 140655 (in Russian)
  4. [4]
    Project 92-016, Displacement and draught
  5. [5]
    Project 92-016 (in Russian)
  6. [6]
    RiverFleet, Valerian Kuybyshev (in Russian)
  7. [7]
    Motorship Valerian Kuybyshev
  8. [8]
    Информация о теплоходе Валериан Куйбышев(in Russian)
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