The Svyataya Rus ( Russian Святая Русь , dt. Transcription: Swjataja Rus - Holy Russia) built when Rodina (dt. Home), is a river cruise ship , which in June 1955 in the GDR on the VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft in Wismar built and belongs to the Rodina class , Project 588, (in Wismar, however, called Project Tschkalow , after the first ship of the series), German name BiFa Type A (inland passenger ship Type A). Since the name of the Soviet pilot, Stalin-Falken, Valeri Tschkalow , fell into oblivion in the Soviet Union , the Rodina gave this class of watercraft its name.
The river cruise ship with three passenger decks was built in June 1955 as the Rodina for the Volschskoje Objedinjonnoje Rechnoje Parochodstvo ( United Volga River Shipping Company ) in Gorky . It belongs to a series of 49 Rodina-class ships manufactured between 1954 and 1961 . The ship has a diesel-electric drive with three main engines. In January 2006, the Rodina , under which the Soviet Union was understood, was renamed Svyataya Rus . Since 1986 the ship's home port has been Leningrad (Saint Petersburg). In 2012 the ship was used for domestic travelers on the Saint Petersburg - Valaam route.
Furnishing
There are two restaurants on board: Panorama and Karelija for 80 and 52 people, a bar for 20 people, a disco, Iwan da Marja buffet for 24 people, a reading room and a video room.
