Mstislav Rostropovich (ship)
Mstislav Rostropovich at the Northern River Terminal in Moscow, in 2012 | |
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Route: | Moscow – Uglich, Moscow – Yaroslavl, Moscow – Tver,[2] Moscow – Saint Petersburg |
Builder: | Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia |
Yard number: | 2006[1] |
Completed: | 1981 |
In service: | 1981 |
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Status: | In service |
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Class and type: | Valerian Kuybyshev class River cruise ship |
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Displacement: | 3,953 t[3][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 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][6] |
Propulsion: | 3 propellers[3] |
Speed: | 26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn) |
Capacity: | 223 passengers[3] |
Crew: | 100[3] |
The Mstislav Rostropovich (Russian: Мстислав Ростропович) (former Mikhail Kalinin) 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 3,953 tonnes,[3] Mstislav Rostropovich is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Fyodor Shalyapin, Sergey Kuchkin, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Mstislav Rostropovich is currently owned by Vodohod and operated by Vodohod for foreign tourists.[7] Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.
Features
Mstislav Rostropovich is the first Vodohod four-star cruise vessel. After reconstruction in 2008–2011[1] all rooms are equipped with automatic climate control system. The ship has two restaurants, three bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.[8]
- River cruise ship Mikhail Kalinin in Makaryev, in 2002
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Мстислав Ростропович (Михаил Калинин → 2011) (Russian)
- ↑ Cruises 2013 (Russian)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RRR, Vessel 140660 (Russian)
- ↑ Project 92-016, Displacement and draught
- ↑ Project 92-016 (Russian)
- ↑ Project 92-016 (Russian)
- ↑ Теплоход «Мстислав Ростропович» (проект 92-016) (Russian)
- ↑ Описание теплохода «Мстислав Ростропович» (проект 92-016) (Russian)
External links
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- Project 92-016 (Russian)