Aleksandra (1991)

The Aleksandra (Russian: Александра) (formerly Taras Shevchenko, T. G. Shevchenko) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129MK) Soviet/Ukrainian/Kazakh/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Neva – Volga – Don – Dnepr – Black Sea basin, from Nesebar on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Constanța to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in Russia, and since November 2010 hotelship in the Kurmangazy oil field in the Kazakh section of the Caspian Sea. The ship was built by Elbewerft Boizenburg at their shipyard in Boizenburg, Germany, named after Ukrainian painter and poet Taras Shevchenko and entered service in 1991. Her home port is currently Rostov-on-Don.

T. G. Shevchenko at pier in Nesebar
History
Name	Aleksandra 1991–1992: Taras Shevchenko 1992–2021: T. G. Shevchenko
Owner	1991–1993: Ukrrechflot 1993–2010: Ukrrichflot 2010–2016: Caspiy Ak Jhelken 2016–2018: SK Ark 2018 onwards: Doninturflot
Operator	Sochina
Port of registry	1991–1993: Kherson,  Soviet Union 1993–2010: Kherson,  Ukraine 2010–2016: Aktau,  Kazakhstan 2016–2018: Novorossiysk,  Russia 2018–2021: Taganrog,  Russia 2021 onwards: Rostov-on-Don,  Russia
Builder	Elbewerft Boizenburg, Boizenburg  Germany
Yard number	303[1]
Launched	6 January 1990
Completed	4 October 1991
In service	1991
Identification	Call sign UBDM2 IMO number: 8925036 MMSI number: 273341690 RSU Number: 2-040043 RRR Number 225815[2]
Status	In service, hotelship
General characteristics
Class and type	Dmitriy Furmanov class River cruise ship
Tonnage	5,495 GT[3] 470 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[3]
Length	129.15 m (423.7 ft)[3][4]
Beam	16.7 m (55 ft)[3]
Draught	2.94 m (9.6 ft)[3]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 2,015 kilowatts (2,702 hp)[3]
Propulsion	3 propellers[3]
Speed	25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity	258 passengers[5] (140 cabins)[6]
Crew	98