The river cruise ship with four passenger decks was built in 1987 for the shipping company "Wolschskoje Rechnoje Parochodstwo" (Volga river shipping company) in Nizhny Novgorod . It belongs to a series of 27 + 1 ( Vladimir Vysotskiy - not finished) ships of the Dmitriy Furmanov class manufactured from 1983 to 1991 , a further development of the Vladimir Ilyich class by the same shipyard. The ship has a diesel-electric drive with three main engines.
In the fall of 2011, the Russ will sail under the direction of Captain Sergei Stepanov on the more southern cruise route Astrakhan - Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow.
Furnishing
All comfortable 1-, 2- and 4-bed cabins are equipped with air conditioning, refrigerator, shower and toilet, 220 V connection and have large windows (except on the lower deck). On board are a restaurant and bar-restaurant, two bars, an event room, a sun deck with deck chairs, a music salon and a sauna.