Name Feliks Dzerzhinskiy Length 136 m Builder Slovenské Lodenice | Yard number 2003 Weight 3,895 tons | |
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Owner 1978–1994 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 Operator Volga Shipping Company
Vodohod Port of registry 1977–1994 Gorky, Soviet Union
1994–2012 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Route Moscow – Uglich, Moscow – Yaroslavl, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod | ||
The Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (Russian: Феликс Дзержинский) 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 1978. She was named after the Soviet statesman Felix Dzerzhinsky alias Iron Felix. At 3,935 tonnes, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Fyodor Shalyapin, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.
Features
The ship has two restaurants, two bars, solarium and resting area.