Mikhail Frunze (ship)

Михаил Фрунзе ( in Nizhny Novgorod, 2012)

RRR 140659

The Mikhail Frunze (Russian: Михаил Фрунзе ) (Eng. Mikhail Frunze ) is the only Russian SPA river cruise ship. It is operated by Vodohod shipping company on inland waterways of the European part of Russia, the Volga cruise line supplying them with technical maintenance. For 2012 Cruises predominantly of Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga are planned. The ship bears the name of a Soviet military leader and statesman during the Russian Civil War Mikhail Frunze.

History

The Mikhail Frunze (now Wolschskoje Parochodstwo ) built in 1980 at the Czechoslovak shipyard Narodny Podnik Škoda in Komárno (now Slovenské Lodenice Komárno in Slovakia, then part of the Škoda group) for the Volga -Reederei Wolschskoje Objedinjonnoje Retschnoje Parochodstwo. The home port was from the beginning Nizhny Novgorod. She was one of a series produced from 1976 to 1983 of nine ships of the type " Valerian Kuybyshev " which is also known as "Project 92-016 " or " OL400 " (Slovak: osobna iodine 400 - German: for 400 passengers ) was known.

Description

The river cruise ship has a deck below the water line, the so-called platform [A 1], and five decks above water. On the lower deck [A 2], at the height of the water line, were after the construction of the ship passenger cabins on during remodeling in favor of the galley, the medical consultation and the various service and storage areas has been omitted. Four other decks for passengers, but only three of them have campers: the main deck [A 3], the Promenade Deck [A 4] and the boat deck [A 5]. On the fourth deck, the sun deck [A 6], there are wheelhouse, cabins for crew and radio operator, bar, solarium, and the chimneys. The Mikhail Frunze has a diesel-electric drive with three main engines each 736 kW.

Use

The Mikhail Frunze in 2013 operated by Vodohod on the following routes:

  • Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary - Kazan - Ulyanovsk - Samara - Saratov - Volgograd - Astrakhan on the Volga;
  • Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary - Kazan - Samara - Saratov - Volgograd - Rostov-on- Don to the Volga, Volga - Don Canal and Don;
  • Nizhny Novgorod - Pljos - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Rybinsk - Myshkin on the Volga;
  • Nizhny Novgorod - Pljos - Yaroslavl - Kostroma - Mandrogi - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk - Valaam - Saint -Petersburg on the Volga, Volga - Baltic Canal, Lake Onega, Ladoga and Neva;
  • Nizhny Novgorod - Cheboksary - Kazan - Jelabuga - Perm on the Volga and Kama.

The captain of the ship is Sainow Alexander Vitalyevich.

Equipment

All comfortable 1 -, 2 -, 3 -, 4 - bed cabins are equipped with air conditioning, shower and toilet and 220 V connection and have large windows. DeLux and HalbDeLux cabins still have a fridge. Are, inter alia, two restaurants, two bars, a kiosk, a conference room, music room, solarium and medical advice on board.

Gallery

Bow view from the ship

Rear view from the ship

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