Lev Tolstoy (ship)
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Lev Tolstoy is a four-deck cruise ship (type Q-056), named after the famous Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy; and has been specifically designed to navigate European waterways. Lev Tolstoy was originally built to serve and transport high-ranking Kremlin officials and foreign dignitaries. It was built in Austria in 1979 and refurbished in 2012. It is still one of the top cruise ships in Russia.[7]
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Lev Tolstoy on the Volga | |
History | |
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Soviet Union → Russia | |
Name | Lev Tolstoy |
Owner | Vodohod |
Operator | Vodohod |
Route | St. Petersburg - Moscow - Astrakhan |
Builder | Österreichische Schiffswerften AG Linz Korneuburg (ÖSWAG), Austria |
Launched | 1979 |
Completed | May 1979 |
Homeport | Nizhny Novgorod |
Status | in service |
Hull No: | K714 [2] |
MMSI: | 273350150 [3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Anton Chekhov |
Type | River cruise ship |
Displacement | 2920t.[4] |
Length | 115.8 m |
Beam | 15.2 m |
Height | 15.2 m |
Draught | 2.8 m |
Ice class | "O" (inland waterways, rivers and reservoirs) |
Installed power | 2700.[5] |
Propulsion | 3 propellers |
Speed | 25.5 km |
Engines: | 3 x 660 |
Ship capacity: | 160 people.[6] |
Decks: | 5 |
Deck clearance: | 4 passenger accessible |
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