Since 1999, a subsidiary of the Volga Shipping Company, the river tourism company Volga-Flot-Tour,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Шевченко|first=Р. П.|date=2019-11-03|title=СУБДЕПРЕССИВНОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ У СТУДЕНТОВ ВЫСШИХ УЧЕБНЫХ ЗАВЕДЕНИЙ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТИ МОРСКОГО И РЕЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТА|journal=Психологія: реальність і перспективи|issue=12|pages=228–233|doi=10.35619/prap_rv.vi12.79|s2cid=213998567|issn=2518-7503|doi-access=free}}</ref> has been established. This date is considered the year of foundation of the cruise company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Судоходная компания ВодоходЪ – Речные круизы 2022 по России – Туроператор ВодоходЪ (Водоход)|url=https://vodohod.com/about/why-vodohod/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=vodohod.com}}</ref>
Since 1999, a subsidiary of the Volga Shipping Company, the river tourism company Volga-Flot-Tour,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Шевченко|first=Р. П.|date=2019-11-03|title=СУБДЕПРЕССИВНОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ У СТУДЕНТОВ ВЫСШИХ УЧЕБНЫХ ЗАВЕДЕНИЙ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТИ МОРСКОГО И РЕЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТА|journal=Психологія: реальність і перспективи|issue=12|pages=228–233|doi=10.35619/prap_rv.vi12.79|s2cid=213998567|issn=2518-7503|doi-access=free}}</ref> has been established. This date is considered the year of foundation of the cruise company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Судоходная компания ВодоходЪ – Речные круизы 2022 по России – Туроператор ВодоходЪ (Водоход)|url=https://vodohod.com/about/why-vodohod/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=vodohod.com}}</ref>
In 2011, there was a consolidation of companies into private limited company Vodohod,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Волжское пароходство в навигацию 2011 г. сократило перевозку пассажиров на 4%|url=https://www.rzd-partner.ru/other/news/370404/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.rzd-partner.ru|language=ru}}</ref> which were in the shipping passenger division of the international transport holding UCL Holdingrude — Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH):<ref>{{Cite web|title=”ВодоходЪ” стал победителем ежегодной премии “Звезда Travel.ru”|url=https://portnews.ru/news/197069/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Портньюс|date=27 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref> “Volga-Flot-Tour”, private limited company Vodohod-Moscow (a full-cycle shipping and travel company<ref>{{Cite book|last=Северо-запад|first=Редакция журнала Эксперт|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixzKCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|title=Эксперт Северо-Запад 36-2011|date=2021-07-07|publisher=Litres|isbn=978-5-457-82053-1|language=ru}}</ref>) and private limited company Vodohod-[[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] (a cruise shipping company and travel agent for sea and river cruises{{CN|date=May 2023}}). In 2017, the company withdrew from the UCLH holding.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=Владимир Лисин избавился от пассажиров|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3217926|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
In 2011, there was a consolidation of companies into private limited company Vodohod,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Волжское пароходство в навигацию 2011 г. сократило перевозку пассажиров на 4%|url=https://www.rzd-partner.ru/other/news/370404/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.rzd-partner.ru|language=ru}}</ref> which were in the shipping passenger division of the international transport holding UCL Holdingrude — Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH):<ref>{{Cite web|title=”ВодоходЪ” стал победителем ежегодной премии “Звезда Travel.ru”|url=https://portnews.ru/news/197069/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Портньюс|date=27 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref> “Volga-Flot-Tour”, private limited company Vodohod-Moscow (a full-cycle shipping and travel company<ref>{{Cite book|last=Северо-запад|first=Редакция журнала Эксперт|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixzKCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|title=Эксперт Северо-Запад 36-2011|date=2021-07-07|publisher=Litres|isbn=978-5-457-82053-1|language=ru}}</ref>) and private limited company Vodohod-[[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] (a cruise shipping company and travel agent for sea and river cruises{{|date=May 2023}}). In 2017, the company withdrew from the UCLH holding.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=Владимир Лисин избавился от пассажиров|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3217926|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
“Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg” was established in 2004 on the basis of the [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] branch of Volga-Fleet-Tour PLC and operated in the North-West of Russia. In 2006, the company “Vodohod-[[Saint Petersburg|Saint-Petersburg]]” transported about 400 thousand passengers by the high-speed fleet to the historical suburbs of [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].{{CN|date=May 2023}}
“Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg” was established in 2004 on the basis of the [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] branch of Volga-Fleet-Tour PLC and operated in the North-West of Russia. In 2006, the company “Vodohod-[[Saint Petersburg|Saint-Petersburg]]” transported about 400 thousand passengers by the high-speed fleet to the historical suburbs of [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].{{|date=May 2023}}
== Indicators ==
== Indicators ==
| 1977 || 2002 || [[File:Projekt 92-016 Fjodor Schaljapin 1.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Fyodor Shalyapin (ship)|Fyodor Shalyapin]]” || Aleksandr Gromov|| || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Kliment Voroshilov” </small>
| 1977 || 2002 || [[File:Projekt 92-016 Fjodor Schaljapin 1.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Fyodor Shalyapin (ship)|Fyodor Shalyapin]]” || Aleksandr Gromov|| || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Kliment Voroshilov” </small>
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| 1978 || 2003 || [[File:Feliks Dzerzhinski ship.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (ship)|Feliks Dzerzhinskiy]]” || Mikhail Kucherov|| || February 2012 ||<small> </small>
| 1978 || 2003 || [[File:Feliks Dzerzhinski ship.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Feliks Dzerzhinskiy (ship)|Feliks Dzerzhinskiy]]” || Mikhail Kucherov|| || February 2012 ||
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| 1979 || 2004 || [[File:92 016 kuchkin.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Sergey Kuchkin (ship)|Sergey Kuchkin]]” || || || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Georgiy Dimitrov” {{MMSI|273364090}} </small>
| 1979 || 2004 || [[File:92 016 kuchkin.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Sergey Kuchkin (ship)|Sergey Kuchkin]]” || || || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Georgiy Dimitrov” {{MMSI|273364090}} </small>
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| April 1980 || 2005|| [[File:Projekt 92-016 Michail Frunse.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Mikhail Frunze (ship)|Mikhail Frunze]]” || Aleksandr Sainov || || February 2012||<small> </small>
| April 1980 || 2005|| [[File:Projekt 92-016 Michail Frunse.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Mikhail Frunze (ship)|Mikhail Frunze]]” || Aleksandr Sainov || || February 2012||
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| 1981 ||2006 || [[File:Mstislav Rostropovich in North River Port 25-jun-2012 01.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Mstislav Rostropovich (ship)|Mstislav Rostropovich]]” || || || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Mikhail Kalinin” </small>
| 1981 ||2006 || [[File:Mstislav Rostropovich in North River Port 25-jun-2012 01.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Mstislav Rostropovich (ship)|Mstislav Rostropovich]]” || || || March 2012 ||<small> originally, the ”Mikhail Kalinin” </small>
| 1981 || 2007 || [[File:Теплоход суворов.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)|Aleksandr Suvorov]]” || Igor Burenkow || || February 2012 || <small> {{MMSI|273361090}}</small>
| 1981 || 2007 || [[File:Теплоход суворов.JPG|80px]] || ”[[Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)|Aleksandr Suvorov]]” || Igor Burenkow || || February 2012 || <small> {{MMSI|273361090}}</small>
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| 1981 ||2008 || [[File:92 016 budyonnyy.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Semyon Budyonnyy (ship)|Semyon Budyonnyy]]” || Vitaly Kisten || || March 2012 ||<small> </small>
| 1981 ||2008 || [[File:92 016 budyonnyy.jpg|80px]] || ”[[Semyon Budyonnyy (ship)|Semyon Budyonnyy]]” || Vitaly Kisten || || March 2012 ||
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| April 1983 || 2009 || [[File:92 016 zhukov 1.jpg|80px]] || ”Georgiy Zhukov” || Viktor Progorshnev || || February 2012 || <small> </small>
| April 1983 || 2009 || [[File:92 016 zhukov 1.jpg|80px]] || ”Georgiy Zhukov” || Viktor Progorshnev || || February 2012 ||
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| July 1986 || align=”Center” |387 || align=”Center” | [[File:Zosima Shashkov river cruise ship.jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Zosima Shashkov (ship)|Zosima Shashkov]]” ||align=”Center” | Vladimir Vitalyevich Mironov ||align=”Center” | 98 || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8620090 || align=”Center” | <small>{{MMSI|273368010}} </small>
| July 1986 || align=”Center” |387 || align=”Center” | [[File:Zosima Shashkov river cruise ship.jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Zosima Shashkov (ship)|Zosima Shashkov]]” ||align=”Center” | Vladimir Vitalyevich Mironov ||align=”Center” | 98 || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8620090 || align=”Center” | <small>{{MMSI|273368010}} </small>
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| May 1987 || align=”Center” |389 || align=”Center” | [[File:Russ (ship, 1987).jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Rus (ship)|Rus]]” ||align=”Center” | ||align=”Center” | || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8707666 || align=”Center” | <small> </small>
| May 1987 || align=”Center” |389 || align=”Center” | [[File:Russ (ship, 1987).jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Rus (ship)|Rus]]” ||align=”Center” | ||align=”Center” | || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8707666 || align=”Center” |
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| June 1987 || align=”Center” |390 || align=”Center” | [[File:Ленин бауман302.JPG|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Lenin (ship, 1987)|Lenin]]” ||align=”Center” | ||align=”Center” | || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8707678 || align=”Center” | <small>{{MMSI|-8707678}} </small>
| June 1987 || align=”Center” |390 || align=”Center” | [[File:Ленин бауман302.JPG|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Lenin (ship, 1987)|Lenin]]” ||align=”Center” | ||align=”Center” | || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8707678 || align=”Center” | <small>{{MMSI|-8707678}} </small>
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| September 1988 || align=”Center” |394 || align=”Center” | [[File:Georgiy Chicherin river cruise ship.jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Georgiy Chicherin (ship)|Georgiy Chicherin]]” ||align=”Center” |Alexei Yuryevich Tsaryov ||align=”Center” |102–110 || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8822507 || align=”Center” | <small> </small>
| September 1988 || align=”Center” |394 || align=”Center” | [[File:Georgiy Chicherin river cruise ship.jpg|80px]] || align=”Center” | ”[[Georgiy Chicherin (ship)|Georgiy Chicherin]]” ||align=”Center” |Alexei Yuryevich Tsaryov ||align=”Center” |102–110 || February 2012 ||align=”Center” | 8822507 || align=”Center” |
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Travel and holiday companies of Russia
Vodohod is a Russian cruise company and river cruise line operator, founded in 2004 by the Volga Shipping Company and named after Ivan Kulibin’s “water-going vessel” or “water-goer”. The company has its headquarters in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia. After merging with Volga Flot Tour company operates more than 50 passenger ships along rivers of Volga, Don, Kama, the Moscow and Volga-Don canals, the Volga–Baltic Waterway, Northern–Western rivers, lakes Ladoga and Onega.[1]
The company is also planning the launch of two, twin Finnish-built expedition ships under the codename Project Vega [2] for delivery in 2021 and 2022.
The company is in the top three companies [3] (along with Mosturflot and Infoflot) of the consolidated Russian river cruise market (the first five companies carry about 80% of the total passenger traffic [4]).
Since 1999, a subsidiary of the Volga Shipping Company, the river tourism company Volga-Flot-Tour,[5] has been established. This date is considered the year of foundation of the cruise company.[6]
In 2011, there was a consolidation of companies into private limited company Vodohod,[7] which were in the shipping passenger division of the international transport holding UCL Holdingrude — Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH):[8] “Volga-Flot-Tour”, private limited company Vodohod-Moscow (a full-cycle shipping and travel company[9]) and private limited company Vodohod-St. Petersburg (a cruise shipping company and travel agent for sea and river cruises[citation needed]). In 2017, the company withdrew from the UCLH holding.[10]
“Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg” was established in 2004 on the basis of the St. Petersburg branch of Volga-Fleet-Tour PLC and operated in the North-West of Russia. In 2006, the company “Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg” transported about 400 thousand passengers by the high-speed fleet to the historical suburbs of St. Petersburg.[citation needed]
According to Kommersant, in 2016 (as part of VBTH) Vodohod transported 497,000 passengers. According to SPARK, the revenue of Vodohod in 2015 according to RAS is 2.6 billion rubles, net profit is 55 million rubles.[10]
Co-owners of the company are Riskhat Bahautdinov [4] and Vladimir Kasanenko (100% of shares).[10] The general director of the company is Rishate Bagautdin.[11]
Vodohod cruise ships
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The fleet of the company “Vodohod” has:
- 27 cruise fleet units (25 cruise ships in operation);[12]
- 9 units of the passenger high-speed fleet of the “Meteor” type;
- 9 units of the pleasant fleet of the types “Moscow”, “Neva” and “Otdikh”.[13]
From 2017, commissioned by the company at the “Krasnaya Sormovo” steam-ship of mixed swimming has laid on the rivers and seas “Prince Vladimir” — the second vessel of the PV300 project, developed by the company “Marine Engineering Bureau—CPb”.[14] This is the first passenger ship built on the Russian shipyard over the past 60 years. The operation of the four-panel liner began, but he received another name, “Karim Mustay”.[15][16] The vessel is calculated on 342 passengers.[17]
Courts go under the Russian flag, are owned by the company. The home ports of the ships sailing under the Russian flag are Nizhny Novgorod and Saint Petersburg.[18][19][12][20]
Valerian Kuybyshev class
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Vladimir Ilyich class
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Dmitriy Furmanov class
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Anton Chekhov class
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Maksim Gorkiy class
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