Hearing the wonderful name of this ship, many immediately recall a scene from the film directed by L. Gaidai "The Diamond Arm" (1968). According to the plot, the main character of the tape, a simple Soviet worker Semyon Semenovich Gorbunkov (actor Yu. Nikulin), is leaving for a trip abroad on a ship, the stern and side of which is decorated with the poetic inscription "Mikhail Svetlov". The ship with the same name is a four-deck handsome cruiser, popular among fans of water travel, launched in the spring of 1986. How so? It's worth looking into.
Christening by Christina
Let's go back to the eighties of the twentieth century. Motor ship "Mikhail Svetlov" (a photo of it can be seen in the article) was created according to the Q-065 project. These are medium passenger ships for river cruises. He left the stocks of the shipyard in Korneuburg (Austria) in 1985.
He set off on his long career in 1986 (was commissioned in April). There is evidence that the wife admonished the ship for the "great life"Franz Vranitzky (Austrian statesman, Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1986 to 1997).
The ship was named after the Russian and Soviet poet and playwright Mikhail Svetlov (to be precise, "Svetlov" is the pseudonym of the Lenin Prize Laureate, his real name is Sheinkman). River liners of this type have 6 single, 33 double (plus 8 first class) and 22 quadruple cabins. There are bathrooms, rooms are equipped with refrigerators, air conditioners. There are two deluxe cabins. Temporary shelters for river travelers are located mainly on the main and boat decks. Up to 210 passengers can be on board.
Everything for a pleasant stay
Favorite places of many travelers are restaurant and bar. Here you can sit pleasantly with a cup of coffee, watching how eternal natural scenes quietly float overboard, as well as eat and have fun in your free time. A couple of salons, a cinema hall and a souvenir shop - everything is provided for a pleasant stay.
It is known that during operation the internal equipment (of this and some other typical ships) was modernized in accordance with the requirements of modern standards. During the transformation, the three-deck "Mikhail Svetlov" (motor ship) became a four-deck.
As for the crew, it consists of seventy people (including restaurant workers, as they would say in Soviet times - representatives of the catering sector). The floating hotel does not pose an environmental threat. No harmful emissions into the environmentproduces - all waste is recycled (disposed of or passed through purification filters).
On the main deck
Judging by the reviews of tourists, the furniture in the apartments is rational, comfortable. And the shower installation cannot be overestimated: what could be better than water procedures before going to bed or early in the morning? The radio station allows you to always be aware of events. In addition to a TV, the suites have a video viewer, as well as a minibar and optional air conditioning.
As travelers note, "Mikhail Svetlov" is a comfortable ship. Entering the main deck, the passenger finds himself within walking distance from several "institutions" of consumer services and he alth care - a hairdresser's, a medical center. The massage parlor is quite popular among the traveling fraternity. Many people love the sauna. Clothes can be brought into divine form in the ironing room. On the same element of the ship's hull (main deck) there is a buffet and a restaurant with seventy seats.
On the boat deck is no less interesting. It is especially liked by those who cannot imagine themselves without uplifting notes, because this is the location of the music salon-bar. But not only. Panoramic salon - also a great place! It is located in the bow. Convinced book lovers and chess players are the eternal inhabitants of the territory.
Different routes
There is also a deck, the name of which speaks for itself - sunny. There is a cinema hall and a place for entertainment programs and discos (if, of course, the weather permits). Reaching time - satellite communications. She is supported on the ship, which is very popular with tourists.
Those who are interested in the routes that the "Mikhail Svetlov" (motor ship) passes need to know that they change every year. Taking advantage of the board, there is an opportunity to visit the Arctic, admire the peculiar beauties of Yakutia. Comfort and high-level service add a special charm to the harsh but beautiful route.
But the motor ship "Mikhail Svetlov" is known not only in the Arctic. Feodosia (Crimea) also remembered him in her waters. So, a sea excursion to the foot of the extinct volcano Kara-Dag (2016) was included in the special program routes.
Two ships - one look
Well, what about the cinema and its "Mikhail Svetlov" (ship)? "Diamond Arm" without this ship would be completely different. But the ship, built almost twenty years later than filming, could not appear in the picture! It turns out that the film director Leonid Gaidai, a big fan of the poet's work, "appropriated" the bright name of the "cinematic" liner for a while.
In fact, the role of an important "inanimate character" was played by two ships - "Russia" (a Soviet marine cruise diesel-electric ship built in 1938 in Germany, originally Patria) and "Pobeda" (a passenger ship with a difficult fate, built in 1928 in Danzing, Germany, originally "Magdalena", since 1935 - "Iberia").
On the quay, where the family accompanies Gorbunkov on a cruise, Rossiya flaunts. But about eternal Mondays on the Islandbad luck Kozodoev (artist Andrey Mironov) sings already on the deck of "Victory". It is noteworthy that before Gaidai, this ship with films, to put it mildly, “did not work out.”
A sad movie with a happy ending
It is known that in September 1948, when the Pobeda passed Novorossiysk, the sailor Skripnikov, at the request of the ship's projectionist Kovalenko (the main position is a radio engineer), began to pack the films he had watched into boxes (preparing them for delivery to the cultural base). Rewinding was carried out on a manual machine. The tape became electrified, sparkled. The small pantry where the process was carried out was engulfed in flames in the blink of an eye.
The flames quickly spread throughout the ship (even the spare radio, which could give an SOS signal, burned down). At first they were engaged in extinguishing the fire on their own. By the time firefighters arrived, the fire was almost out. The ship was even able to reach Odessa under its own power (rescued passengers were transported separately). It was later repaired and operated until the 1970s, when it was scrapped.
But this is all from the fate of the prototype of Gaidai's "king of the seas". As for the biography of this ship, it continues. How many tourists have already appreciated the ship "Mikhail Svetlov"! Reviews, and there are many of them in the ship's book, indicate that people really like staying and traveling on a ship!
