Name Zosima Shashkov Yard number 387 Displacement 3.494 million kg | Operator Vodohod Length 129 m Draft 2.94 m | |
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Owner 1986–2012 Volga Shipping Company
2012– V. F. Passazhirskie Perevozki (В. Ф. Пассажирские перевозки) Port of registry 1987–1994 Gorky, Soviet Union
1994 onwards Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Route Saint Petersburg – Moscow Builders Elbewerft Boizenburg, File:Flag of East Germany.svg | ||
The Zosima Shashkov (Russian: Зосима Шашков) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (302, BiFa129M) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Neva basin between Russian old and new capitals: Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The ship was built by VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau at their shipyard in Boizenburg, East Germany, and entered service in 1986. She was refurbished in 2012. Zosima Shashkov is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line, and her home port is Nizhny Novgorod. The ship is named after the Bolshevik commissar and minister of the Sea and River Fleet of the USSR Zosima Alekseyevich Shashkov.
Features
The ship has one restaurant with panoramic views, night club-restaurant, three bars: Piano Bar, Coffee Bar and Conference Bar, sauna, solarium and onboard boutique.
