Georgiy Zhukov (ship)

The Georgiy Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Жуков) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1983. At 4,050 tonnes,[3] Georgiy Zhukov is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mikhail Frunze, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov and Semyon Budyonnyy. Georgiy Zhukov is currently owned and operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod. Captain of the Georgiy Zhukov (2014) is Viktor Prigorshnev.[6]

Georgiy Zhukov passing through the Volga–Baltic Waterway, in 2001
History
Name	Georgiy Zhukov: 1983–present
Owner	1983–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство) 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В.Ф. Пассажирские перевозки) 2012–present: Vodohod[1]
Operator	Volga Shipping Company Vodohod
Port of registry	1981–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2020: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Route	Kazan – Samara, Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan, Samara – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg, Samara – Rostov-on-Don[2]
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2009
Completed	1983
In service	1983
Identification	RRR number: 140663[3] MMSI number: 273359940
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,315 GT[3] 550 DWT[3]
Displacement	4,050 t[3]
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][4]
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)[3][5]
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][4]
Propulsion	3 propellers[3]
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	362 passengers[3]
Crew	85[3]