The V. Chkalov ( Russian В. Чкалов ) is a river cruise ship that was built in March 1954 in the GDR at the VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft in Wismar and belongs to the Rodina class , Project 588 (in Wismar, however, Project Tschkalow , after this first ship of the series, called), German designation BiFa type A (inland passenger ship type A). The ship is operated by OAO PassaschirRetschTrans on the Yenisei .
The river cruise ship with three passenger decks was built in March 1954 for the Yeniseiskoye Rechnoye Parochodstvo (Yenisei River Shipping Company) in Krasnoyarsk . 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. The ship is named after the Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov . In 2014, the ship will be used on the Dudinka - Yeniseisk - Krasnoyarsk route.
Furnishing
There are two restaurants, a bar, reading room and music salon on board.
