The ''Volga'' class is a class of
Russian river passenger ships. It is named after the first ship in the class ''
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
'', which in her turn was named after
Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
.
Three deck
cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours know ...
s built by
Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard in
Korneuburg
Korneuburg () is a town in Austria. It is located in the state Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district of Korneuburg. Korneuburg is situated on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the city of Klosterneuburg, and is 12&n ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
in 1970.
Specifications
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River cruise ships of the Austrian project Q-031
Overview
See also
* List of river cruise ships
* Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorship
''Valerian Kuybyshev'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It got name after the first ship of class ''Valerian Kuybyshev''.
Four-deck cruise ships manufactured in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, 1976–1983.
River cruise ships of the ...
* Rossiya-class motorship (1952)
* Rossiya-class motorship (1973)
* Anton Chekhov-class motorship
* Vladimir Ilyich-class motorship
Vladimir Ilyich class is a class of List of Russian river passenger ships, Russian river passenger ships. It is named after the first ship of the class ''Sankt-Peterburg (ship), Vladimir Ilyich''.
Four-deck cruise ships manufactured in Germany, ...
* Rodina-class motorship
The ''Rodina'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. " Rodina" means "motherland" in Russian.
They were three-deck cargo-passenger ships manufactured in Germany from 1954–1961.
River passenger ships of the project 588
Overvi ...
* Baykal-class motorship
* Sergey Yesenin-class motorship
''Sergey Yesenin'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It is named after Sergei Yesenin.
Three-deck cruise ships built in Austria, 1984–1986.
* Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya-class motorship
Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya class motorship is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It is named after the October Revolution.
Three-deck cargo-passenger ships built in Czechoslovakia, 1957–1962.
River cruise ships of the project 26-37
See ...
* Yerofey Khabarov-class motorship
''Yerofey Khabarov class motorship'' is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It is named after Yerofey Khabarov.
Two-deck cargo-passenger ships built in the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist R ...
* Dunay-class motorship
The ''Dunay ''class is a class of Russian river passenger ships, named after Danube River. They are two-deck cargo-passenger ships built in Hungary between 1959 and 1964.Amur-class motorship
Amur class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. It is named after the first ship in the class, which in her turn was named after the Amur River.
Two-deck cruise ships manufactured by Österreichische Schiffswerften AG at their shipyard i ...
* Dmitriy Furmanov-class motorship
''Dmitriy Furmanov'' class is a class of Russian river passenger ships, project 302, 302M, 302MK / German name BiFa129M.
The class is named after the first ship in the class Dmitriy Furmanov, which in her turn was named after Dmitry Furmanov.
...
References
River cruise ships
Ships of Russia
Ships of the Soviet Union
Austria–Soviet Union relations
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