Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (ship)

	Feliks Dzerzhinskiy on the Khimki Reservoir, in 2012
History
Name	Feliks Dzerzhinskiy
Owner	1978–1994: Volga Shipping Company (ГП Волжское объединённое речное пароходство МРФ РСФСР); 1994–2012: Volga Shipping Company (ОАО Волжское пароходство); 2012: OOO V. F. Passazhirskiye Perevozki (ООО В. Ф. Пассажирские перевозки); 2012–present: Vodohod;
Operator	Volga Shipping Company; Vodohod;
Port of registry	1977–1994: Gorky, Soviet Union; 1994–2012: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;
Route	Moscow – Uglich, Moscow – Yaroslavl, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2003
Completed	1978
In service	1978
Identification	RRR number: 140657 ; MMSI number: 273379080;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	6,305 GT; 547 DWT;
Displacement	3,895 t
Length	135.75 m (445.4 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)
Propulsion	3 propellers
Speed	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity	373 passengers
Crew	85

The Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (Template:Lang-ru) 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 1978. She was named after the Soviet statesman Felix Dzerzhinsky alias Iron Felix. At 3,935 tonnes,^[5] Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Mikhail Frunze, Fyodor Shalyapin, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov. Feliks Dzerzhinskiy is currently operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Features

The ship has two restaurants, two bars, solarium and resting area.^[6]