Sergey Kuchkin (ship)

The Sergey Kuchkin (Russian: Серге́й Кучкин) (former Georgiy Dimitrov) is a Valerian Kuybyshev-class (92-016, OL400) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga basin. The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1979. At 3,950 tonnes,[3] Sergey Kuchkin is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Fyodor Shalyapin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Sergey Kuchkin is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Sergey Kuchkin at pier in Saint Petersburg, in 2001
History
Name:	Sergey Kuchkin: 2000–present Georgiy Dimitrov: 1979–2000[1]
Owner:	1979–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР) 1994–2014: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство)[1]
Operator:	Volga Shipping Company Vodohod[1]
Port of registry:	1979–1994: Gorky,  Soviet Union 1994–2012: Nizhny Novgorod,  Russia
Route:	Kazan – Samara, Kazan – Yaroslavl, Kazan – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg [2]
Builder:	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number:	2004[1]
Completed:	1979
In service:	1979
Identification:	Call sign: UAIF2 RRR number: 140658[3] MMSI number: 273364090
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage:	6,338 GT[3] 602 DWT[3]
Displacement:	3,950 t[3]
Length:	135.75 m (445.4 ft)[3][4]
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft)[3][5]
Draught:	2.9 m (9.5 ft)[3]
Decks:	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power:	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)[3][4]
Propulsion:	3 propellers[3]
Speed:	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity:	299 passengers[3]
Crew:	103[3]