Semyon Budyonnyy (ship)

	Semyon Budyonnyy near Gorodets Hydraulic structure, in 1999
History
Name	Semyon Budyonnyy: 1981–present
Owner	1981–1994: 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	1981–1994: Gorky, Soviet Union; 1994–2020: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;
Route	Kazan – Samara, Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan, Samara – Volgograd, Kazan – Astrakhan, Kazan – Saint Petersburg, Samara – Rostov-on-Don
Builder	Slovenské Lodenice, Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Yard number	2008
Completed	1981
In service	1981
Identification	RRR number: 140662; MMSI number: 273358940;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Valerian Kuybyshev-class River cruise ship
Tonnage	6,328 GT; 602 DWT;
Displacement	3,950 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	326 passengers
Crew	84

The Semyon Budyonnyy (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 1981. At 3,950 tonnes,^[4] Semyon Budyonnyy is one of the world's biggest river cruise ships. Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mikhail Frunze, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov and Georgiy Zhukov. Semyon Budyonnyy is currently owned and operated by Vodohod, a Russian river cruise line. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.

Features

The ship has two restaurants: Ladoga and Onega, two bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.^[7]