Russian River Cruise Ships. Project 92-016 | Shipspotting

This is the sixth episode of the 10-part serial featuring spotting of Russian River Cruise Ships during 2022 navigation. Be amazed at the arrival and departure of large four-deck river cruise ships on the Moscow Canal. Until 2020, when the newest cruise liner “Mustai Karim” (PV300 project) set off on her first voyage, these passenger ships had been the largest ones on the Russian rivers. So, project 92-016. Type "Valerian Kuibyshev". These cruise vessels were built in former Czechoslovakia by the USSR order from 1976 to 1983. In total it had been built 9 ships under project 92-016. Length 135.8 meters, draft 2.9 meters, passenger capacity 400 people. These passenger boats run wherever the depths allow. On these motor ships, you can travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Perm, Astrakhan or Rostov-on-Don. For the most part, the passenger vessels of this project have conserved the interiors of passenger cabins and public premises since the moment they were built. Naturally, some decor elements have been updated. Certain modern useful devices like TV sets appeared in some suites as well. Regrettably certain tragic events are also connected with the cruise boats of this project. On June 5, 1983 M/S "Alexander Suvorov" went under the non-navigable span of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. As a result, the bridge truss demolished the wheelhouse, a cinema hall full of tourists, funnels and life boats. One more passenger ship of the project 92-016 "Mikhail Kalinin" entered history. From 3 to 4 November, 2007 a fire occurred on the vessel. After repair and deep modernization in 2009-2011, the boat went out to cruise routes with a new name "Mstislav Rostropovich". You will see both of these ships in this video. In total, I’ll show you five cruise ships of the project 92-016 in action: m/s Alexander Suvorov, m/s Felix Dzerzhinsky, m/s Georgy Zhukov, m/s Mstislav Rostropovich, and m/s Sergey Kuchkin. Content of Episode: 00:00 - Russian River Cruise Ships. Project 92-016 00:28 - m/s Alexander Suvorov 04:11 - m/s Felix Dzerzhinsky 07:14 - m/s Georgy Zhukov 09:48 - m/s Mstislav Rostropovich (ex Mikhail Kalinin) 12:12 - m/s Sergey Kuchkin (ex Georgi Dimitrov)