Sergey Kuchkin (ship)

The Sergey Kuchkin (Russian: Серге́й Кучкин) (former Georgiy Dimitrov) 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 1979. At 3,950 tonnes,[3] Sergey Kuchkin is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Fyodor Shalyapin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Sergey Kuchkin is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Sergey Kuchkin at pier in Saint Petersburg, in 2001
History
Name	Sergey Kuchkin: 2000–present Georgiy Dimitrov: 1979–2000[1]
Owner	1979–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2014: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)[1]
Operator	Volga Shipping Company Vodohod[1]
Port of registry	1979–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2012: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Route	Kazan – Samara, Kazan – Yaroslavl, Kazan – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg [2]
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2004[1]
Completed	1979
In service	1979
Identification	Call sign: UAIF2 RRR number: 140658[3] MMSI number: 273364090
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,338 GT[3] 602 DWT[3]
Displacement	3,950 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	299 passengers[3]
Crew	103[3]