Length 136 m Draft 2.9 m | Yard number 2001 Weight 3,950 tons Builder Slovenské Lodenice | |
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Owner 1975–1994 Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР)1994–2012 Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)2012–present Vodohod Route | ||
The Valerian Kuybyshev (Russian: Валериан Куйбышев) is 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, Valerian Kuybyshev is 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.
She sails under Russian flag, and her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod. Captain of the Valerian Kuybyshev (2014) is Aleksandr Gribov.
Features
The ship has two restaurants: Ladoga and Onega, two bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.