Semyon Budyonnyy (ship)

The Semyon Budyonnyy (Russian: Семён Будённый) 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 1981. At 3,950 tonnes,[4] Semyon Budyonnyy 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 Georgiy Zhukov. Semyon Budyonnyy is currently owned and operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Semyon Budyonnyy near Gorodets Hydraulic structure, in 1999
History
Name	Semyon Budyonnyy: 1981–present
Owner	1981–1994: 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	2008[3]
Completed	1981
In service	1981
Identification	RRR number: 140662[4] MMSI number: 273358940
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class River cruise ship
Tonnage	6,328 GT[4] 602 DWT[4]
Displacement	3,950 t[4]
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[4][5]
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)[4][6]
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[4]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[4][5]
Propulsion	3 propellers[4]
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	326 passengers[4]
Crew	84[4]