Valerian Kuybyshev (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 is currently operated by Vodohod, the biggest Russian river cruise line.

Valerian Kuybyshev on the stamp issue of the USSR, 1981
History
Russia
Name	Valerian Kuybyshev
Owner	1975–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство) 2012–2018: Vodohod[1]
Operator	1975–2012: Volga Shipping Company 2012–2018: Vodohod[1]
Port of registry	1975–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2018: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Route	Saint Petersburg – Valaam[2]
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2001[1]
Completed	1 July 1975[3]
In service	1976
Identification	RRR number: 140655[3] MMSI number: 273365010
Fate	Scrapped by Chkalovsk shipyard in 2018
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,308 GT[3] 550 DWT
Displacement	3,950[3] t[4]
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][5]
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)[3]
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45[3] (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][5]
Propulsion	3 propellers[3]
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	343 passengers[3]
Crew	81[3][6]

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