Lev Tolstoy (ship)
Lev Tolstoy on the Volga | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Lev Tolstoy |
| Namesake | Lev Tolstoy |
| Owner | Vodohod |
| Operator | Vodohod |
| Route | St. Petersburg - Moscow - Astrakhan |
| Builder | Österreichische Schiffswerften AG Linz Korneuburg (ÖSWAG), Austria |
| Launched | 1979 |
| Completed | May 1979 |
| Homeport | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Identification | Hull no.: K714 |
| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Anton Chekhov-class river cruise ship |
| Displacement | 2920 t. |
| Length | 115.8 m (379 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Ice class | "O" (inland waterways, rivers and reservoirs) |
| Installed power | 2,700 |
| Propulsion | 3 propellers |
| Speed | 25.5 km/h (13.8 kn; 15.8 mph) |
| Capacity | 160 people |
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Lev Tolstoy is a four-deck cruise ship (type Q-056), named after the famous Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy; and has been specifically designed to navigate European waterways. Lev Tolstoy was originally built to serve and transport high-ranking Kremlin officials and foreign dignitaries. It was built in Austria in 1979 and refurbished in 2012. It is still one of the top cruise ships in Russia.