Zosima Shashkov (ship)

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]

Zosima Shashkov at Northern River Terminal in Moscow on 15 September 2011
History
Name	Zosima Shashkov
Owner	1986–2012: Volga Shipping Company 2012–: V. F. Passazhirskie Perevozki (В. Ф. Пассажирские перевозки) [1]
Operator	Vodohod
Port of registry	1987–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994 onwards: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Route	Saint Petersburg – Moscow
Builder	VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg, East Germany
Yard number	387[2]
Completed	July 1986[2]
In service	1986
Identification	Call sign: IMO number: 8620090 RRR Number: 219750[3] MMSI number: 273368010
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Dmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	5,414 GT[4] 262 DWT
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

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.^[9]

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  Zosima Shashkov on the Sheksna near Goritsy in 2003
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  Lenin, Zosima Shashkov and Leonid Sobolev in Moscow on August 22, 2012

See also

• List of river cruise ships