Russian Cruise News

Roman Chesnokov, the executive of the Federal Government Institution "Administration of the Ob-Irtysh water-system" has shared his perspective on the project of the touristic route on the comfortable liner through the water system from Irtish to Salekhard.

At the beginning of August, the group of journalists has performed the 4 days expedition along the Ob river in the Altai region to explore its potential for cruise tourism.

Marina works on Kizhi Island as a tour guide since 2007. She arrived here for the first time right after the University just for a month, but an island since then became a second home for her. Last year she became the best Museum guide, and here she shares the best moments from her experience as a guide on an Island.

On the 4th of August, in Yaroslavl will stop the tourist steamship — "White Cruise Ship". Within the framework of the special humanitarian project, it will visit the cities, which are located along the streambed of the Volga river.

On 7th of July, the annual River Carnival has been held in St. Petersburg. This year's event has been dedicated to the Year of Theatre in Russia.

As part of the project "Brush Stroke", the cruise ships "Nikolai Karamzin" and "Michail Bulgakov" will host the exhibitions dedicated to the paintings of Ilya Repin and Isaac Levitan.

The security patrols have started their operations at the river piers of Moscow for the period of Summer navigation. 10 piers of the Central Part of Russia will be under police surveillance of the police, as well as two departure areas for the large cruise ships of the North and South River Ports.

The festive welcoming of the first Cruise ship took place in Kostroma past weekend. The arrival of the "Dmitriy Furmanov" ship has been met by the representatives of the large tour agencies, the city's authorities and a team of the professional guides. The welcome ceremony took place at the Ostrovskiy pavilion, next to the river pier.

The Memorial Complex "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" (the Stalingrad is the former name of Volgograd) of Mamayev Kurgan stretches from its foot to the top, forming the hight of 820 meters.

The Vodohod Cruise Company has indicated the biggest demand on the week-long cruises by the routes Moscow - St. Petersburg - Moscow and St. Petersburg - Valaam - St. Petersburg.

The project of the next generation Cruise Liner PV300 is estimated to be completed in October this year. The "Vodohod" company has requested this project from the plant of the Nizhniy Novgorod PAO "Krasnoe Sormovo".

Traditionally, the towns in Ancient Rus have been founded by the rivers' shores. At that time, The rivers for Russians have been the communication system, which allowed the foundation and development of the cities and exploration of the vast territories.

In Spring 2019, in the Leningradsky region, the construction of two new piers for the passenger ships would start. According to the regional press-service, the works will be carried within the framework of the regional river cruise development plan.

It is planned to connect the territory of the former factory "Red October", which is now the business and entertainment center, with Krimskaya embankment through the new pedestrian bridge. Nevertheless, the date of the construction is still open, even though the discussion has started several years ago.

Tourists are actively booking the River Cruises of 2019. The loading of the most attractive cruise routes has almost reached 100%. In total, 25% of all tour vouchers has been already sold. The specialist from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) explains the high demand with the petrol prices.

In Spring 2019, at the Moscow Canal of the Moscow region, a new recreation space will be open for the passengers of the river cruises. The Ethno-park "Hvoiniy Bor", will be located on the right shore of the Pestovo water reservoir.

Every cruise over the Lake Baikal is an inspiring journey that gives the feeling of excitement from getting closer to the true spirit of the Lake. To see the Lake from the shore and to see the scapes from the surface are two completely different feelings.

The construction of the new passenger port is planned on the territory of the economic area "Zavidovo". The developers conclude that with the completion of this project, country would receive a valuable asset, which would unload the Moscow's North River Terminal.

Starting from 2019, the M/S "Lev Tolstoy" would be operating along so-called "Russian line". In other words, the ship will be carrying the Russian tourists from Moscow to Uglich, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, and St. Petersburg.

At the end of May, the first cruise ship "Yuri Andropov" has brought 270 passengers to the former center of Russia. The tourists have visited the Fortress of Staraya Ladoga and number of the surrounding sights.

For the navigation 2018, 3 passenger ships, owned by "Vodohod", which would be operating on cruises with foreign tourists, underwent a massive renovation.

It is planned to construct three floating hotels on the territory of the Neva River and Bolshaya Nevka, with 320 rooms in total. LLC "City on Water", currently unknown on the market, has expressed its intention to become investor in this project and is ready to allocate over 1 billion rubles into the construction.

The passenger port "Marine Facade" has increased the number of the hosted cruise ships by one fourth, during the navigation season 2017.

The cruise navigation 2017 has ended on 6th of November. The last cruise route was Moscow - Gorodets by the three-deck motor ship "Alexander Benua".

The State Museum of Religion, the Russian Museum (Mikhailovsky, Marble and Stroganov Palaces, in the Saint Michael's Castle and the Benua Wing), as well as Museum of Political History of Russia will offer free entrance days in November.

The motor ship "Mstislav Rostropovich" arrives today to Yaroslavl. This project is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the famous musician, philanthropist, and educator Mstislav Rostropovich.

On 4th of September, the Muscovite Tatyana Volkova became the millionth passenger. During this season the sales on river cruises increased by 20-25%, and the loading of the cruise ships almost reaches 100%. It is planned to transfer approximately 2 million people in the Moscow's basin by the end of this year.

A Mooring complex construction has been started in the ancient capital of Rus - in the village Staraya Ladoga in Leningradskiy region. The works are planned to be completed by the end of autumn. The investment amounts to 50 million RUB.

From 17th to 19th of June 2017, the open-air museum Kizhi will hold the Festival of the Sacred Music "The Chiming Scores of Kizhi Island". The Festival's dates coincide with the day of the Holy Jonah Klimenetskiy, the local saint.

The grand opening ceremony of the cruise season was traditionally held on 28th of April at the river boat station in Moscow. The organization and initiative of the celebration was held, as usual, by the River Alliance, which includes the most recognizable cruise companies of Russia: Vodohod, Infoflot, Mosturflot.

In August 2016, the plant “Lotos” in the Astrakhan region has started the construction of the first native cruise liner, in the past 60 years. It is planned to construct two more analogous ships, following the scheme PV300.

We are happy to announce that cruise sales for 2018 are open already. Our river cruises are extremely popular and as you get closer to departure date it becomes more and more difficult to find availability. When booking in advance you get a much better choice of dates and cabins.

With the help of Russian Children, the Main Christmas Tree of Russia was presented to the public in Retro style, which resembles the trees of the USSR time. The Father Frost has specially visited the young helpers and congratulated each one of them with the upcoming Holidays.

Tour agencies popularize the information that cruise ship "Princess Anastasia" in the year 2017 will start to operate according to a new schedule. Nonetheless, the cruise ship operator, the St. Peter Line, has not given yet an official announcement on this subject.

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the region Galina Zoteeva has announced that the number of river cruise tourists traveling to Astrakhan has increased for 30%, comparing to 2015.

The new airport terminal of St. Petersburg has been included into the top ten of the most aesthetic terminals in the world.

Already yesterday the Mariinsky Orchestra has started its journey across the European countries and today musicians will be welcomed in Switzerland. The world famous orchestra family will give two concerts within the festival framework, which carries the name of Yehudi Menuhin. In the town of Gstaad will be played compositions created by Mahler, Shostakovich, Prokofiev. Among the leading performers will be playing the pianist Boris Berezovsky and violinist Patricia Kopachinskaya.

The double-decked ship "Admiral Kuznetsov" has docked at the cove of the Valaam Monastery. The ship is now being used as a temporary floating hotel for pilgrims. On may 1st the fire has destroyed Monastery's inn "Zimnyaya" and visitors were left without a shelter. The hotel building was seriously damaged during the fire and repair work would require sufficient investment.

Navigation on Russian rivers is starting soon. On April 22nd, passenger ship 'Alexander Nevsky, will depart for a four-day cruise along the route Volgograd - Astrakhan - Volgograd.

We are happy to announce that cruise sales for 2017 are open already. Our river cruises are extremely popular and as you get closer to departure date it becomes more and more difficult to find availability. We invite you to book 2017 Russian River Cruises today!

In 2016, Moscow - Astrakhan cruise route was changed due to expected low waters on the Volga River. Due to this, passengers will see Gorodets, a charming old town that hadn't been part of the route before. Today we'll tell you a little of its history.

Those passengers who travel on Moscow to Astrakhan cruises have chance to visit the Art Gallery of Samara, the largest one in the Volga region

Last year was exceptionally good for Kazan tourism industry, but the beginning of 2016 has showed that there is more to come.

The government of Moscow is expecting over 10 millions visitors to the Christmas Festival, which starts on 18th of December in Moscow.

On a typical Moscow - St. Petersburg cruise, besides these two great cities passengers also visit a number of charming ancient towns. Rostov Veliky is one of them and it deserves special attention. Its history dates back to 862 and it used to be a capital in the ancient times.

In the morning of the 2nd of November, the end of cruise season was officially announced. The last cruise of the season 2015 was completed at 9 am at the pier of Gorodets city, Nizhny Novgorod region.

Cruise ship “Leo Tolstoy” has ended navigation for the year 2015. As in previous years, the ship navigated between Moscow and St. Petersburg making 10-day cruises. The majority of passengers are from abroad. The cruise ship has catered for foreign customers for quarter of a century by now. Learn more about the history of this vessel!

Goritsy town is one of the stops on the cruise route between Moscow and St. Petersburg. This small port is located on the shore of the Sheksna river. The city center offers variety of souvenirs and different snacks, and you might enjoy sightseeing without going too far from the ship. Nevertheless, the main attraction lays 7 km further from the town - the St. Cyril on the White Lake Monastery.

For those who are planning to visit Valaam island as part of a cruise group, it would be interesting to know that this island is more than just another touristic site with some history. Here visitors are able to connect with the sacred life of an active orthodox monastery, and this connection, in fact, begins already at the planning stage of the trip. People rarely think about how their trip is being organized. In fact, each cruise to the Valaam island is not being done without the supervision of a Valaam Monastery Pilgrimage Service.

Yaroslavl city is the must visit site along the Volga river cruise route. This city is one of the oldest cities in Russia, which played its prominent role in Russian history.