Zosima Shashkov (ship)
 Zosima Shashkov at Northern River Terminal in Moscow on 15 September 2011
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| History | |
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| Name | Zosima Shashkov |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Vodohod |
| Port of registry |
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| Route | Saint Petersburg – Moscow |
| Builder | VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg,  East Germany |
| Yard number | 387[2] |
| Completed | July 1986[2] |
| In service | 1986 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 3,852 tons;[5] |
| Length | 129.1 m (424 ft)[6] |
| Beam | 16.7 m (55 ft) |
| Draught | 2.94 m (9.6 ft) |
| Decks | 5 (4 passenger accessible) |
| Installed power | 3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[6] |
| Propulsion | 3 propellers |
| Speed | 25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn) |
| Capacity | 296 passengers[7] (154 cabins) |
| Crew | 98 |
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.[7] 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.[8]
Features
[edit]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.[9]
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Zosima Shashkov on the Sheksna near Goritsy in 2003 -
Lenin, Zosima Shashkov and Leonid Sobolev in Moscow on August 22, 2012
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Тип Дмитрий Фурманов Проекты 302, 302М, 302МК Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b Зосима Шашков Archived October 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Russian River Register". Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ MS Dmitriy Furmanov[permanent dead link] (in Russian)
- ^ Projekt 302, Web Arhiiv - Водоизмещение и осадка (displacement) (in Russian)
- ^ a b Project 302 (in Russian)
- ^ a b Motorship Zosima Shashkov (type 302) (in Russian)
- ^ The Norwegian-Finnish reindeer fence
- ^ "Motorship Zosima Shashkov". Bestrussiancruises.com. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
External links
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