Yard number 2009 Weight 4,050 tons Builder Slovenské Lodenice | Length 136 m Draft 2.9 m | |
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Name Georgiy Zhukov 1983–present Owner 1983–1994 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 CompanyVodohod Route Kazan – Samara, Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan, Samara – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg, Samara – Rostov-on-Don | ||
The Georgiy Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Жуков) 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 1983. At 4,050 tonnes, Georgiy Zhukov is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mikhail Frunze, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov and Semyon Budyonnyy. Georgiy Zhukov is currently owned and operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod. Captain of the Georgiy Zhukov (2014) is Viktor Prigorshnev.
Features
The ship has two restaurants, two bars, conference hall, solarium and library.