"Valery Bryusov" is a three-deck passenger ship with a rich past, which has already served its time as a floating craft. Once it was considered one of the most comfortable in Russia and carried tourists on cruises, including foreign ones. Then he became a hotel and restaurant, as well as the world's first public platform for residents of Moscow and guests of the city. But now the ship has left the capital and will be moored at the port of the city of Kimry. We will tell about the history and past of this cruise ship below.
Building a ship
"Valery Bryusov" - the ship, which was created by the Austrians. His homeland is the city of Korneuburg, at the shipyard of which he saw the light. The ship was built in 1985 and sold to the Moscow River Shipping Company. True, there is some information that Russia received all these five ships, as it were."in load" to other orders. After all, this project was planned back in the Soviet Union, and there were somewhat different economic calculations. Initially, the ship was intended for tourist and cruise purposes. It was named after the famous Russian poet Valery Bryusov. In those years, the ship was one of the highest quality and was built at a well-known Austrian shipyard, which specialized in such ships.
Project Q-065: what is it?
This was the name of the idea of building the same type of cruise ships. They were created in 1984-1986 in Austria specifically for Russian shipping companies. A total of five were built. They served the Moscow, Ob-Irtysh and Lena shipping companies. These are "Sergey Yesenin", "Alexander Blok", "Demyan Poor", "Mikhail Svetlov" and the ship "Valery Bryusov". The ships of this project were the property of the Moscow and Lena tourist fleets. The project at that time was considered ultra-modern and was intended to serve the so-called "blue ring".
"Valery Bryusov" during cruise operation: description of the ship
This ship, like all five of its fellows, can accommodate one hundred and eighty people. It was intended for inland river cruises. On its decks there were cabins designed for one, two and four people. There were also deluxe rooms. All cabins had showers, toilets and washbasins, as well as radios. The suites had sofas, as well as refrigerators andTVs. "Valery Bryusov" is a motor ship, the equipment of which also provided for the provision of various services on board. Passengers had at their disposal: an ironing room, a cinema, a sauna, a dance floor, a bar and a restaurant for 80 people. The ship also had a saloon with panoramic windows.
The ship was launched in 1985. Its length is 90 meters, width - 15. It can reach speeds of up to 22 km per hour, and its displacement was 1342 tons. The draft during navigation was a little more than one and a half meters.
Valery Bryusov (motor ship): route
The ship worked on tourist lines until 1991, and according to some sources - until 1992. He made walks, as well as cruises along the route Moscow - Petersburg. On this ship it was possible to walk along the rivers and lakes of the European part of Russia. There was a ship on the Volga, Oka, Neva, Kama, on the Don. He walked along the Ladoga, Onega and White lakes. Cruise itineraries were different - from 1 (walking) to 22 days. The program included visits to ancient cities and cultural and historical centers of Russia - Plyos, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Murom, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Yaroslavl.
But the ship turned out to be economically unprofitable. The elite handsome ship "Valery Bryusov" (photos of 1985-1989 testify to this) consumed fuel too much. Although its size was small and allowed to travel along the rivers, its services were abandoned after a few years. In addition to financial problems, there were also issues with repairs. In Russia, notenough spare parts of the right type. Austrian or German ones were in short supply, and no replacement could be found. In the end, it became easier to take the ships out of service. The only ship of this type, which is still used for its intended purpose in the European part of Russia, is the Sergey Yesenin.
The ship after "retirement"
Since 1993, the ship has not been used as a cruise ship. It did not change ownership, but became a floating hotel and restaurant on the Moscow River. His new address was a place near the Kremlin, the vernissage and the House of Artists: Krymskaya Embankment, 10. The ship "Valery Bryusov" turned into a landing stage. Interestingly, in order to deliver the ship to the center of Moscow, it was specially prepared for this, and the river level was lowered so that the ship could pass under the bridges. For the sake of the latter, the leadership of the shipping company even had to go to the malfeasance. In 1994, all the necessary work to connect communications was completed, and a hotel, restaurant and casino were opened on board. A lot of money and work has been invested in this business. But in the 2000s, many hotels were built in the capital, gambling was banned. The hotel became unprofitable, and its comfort standards did not meet modern requirements. In the end, only budget tourists and students used its services, and even then less and less. It closed in 2009 and the restaurant closed in 2011.
Controversy over reconstruction
When the embankment began to be rebuilt, the ship caused numerous discussions among botharchitects and the public. There have been proposals to remove it from the river altogether. But since 2014, two companies, Dreamers United and Flacon, have decided to make something special out of it. This concept saw the outlived tourist career, but still functional motor ship Valery Bryusov, whose photographs illustrate this article, as a public space of a new type. Thematically and architecturally, it had to fit into the new style of the center of Moscow, and also become part of the nearby Muzeon park. This concept has been approved by the city authorities and brought to life.
Public space
What was the motor ship "Valery Bryusov" until recently? A restaurant, a museum, a lecture hall, a place for walking, a shopping and training center? A little bit of everything. There were also creative studios and a cinema hall, and almost every day various cultural programs were implemented. We can say that this was the first example in the world of using a ship that is laid up in this way. Boutiques, a hairdresser and a he alth food restaurant were on the main deck. On the boathouse there are various bureaus, agencies, lecture halls and training centers. Above - workshops, fast food with Greek cuisine, as well as panoramic platforms where cultural and festive events were held.
Current State
However, recently it turned out that the authorities of the capital decided to tow the ship from the Crimean embankment. This decision was taken by the court, accusingship owners that they violated the Water Code of Russia. All tenants of offices and public areas on the ship, at the request of the prosecutor's office, which was satisfied, had to leave its territory before May 27 this year. Now the ship has given moorings from the Crimean embankment for the first time in many years. This time, in order to conduct it under the bridges of the capital, the cabin was dismantled. The ship was brought to the port of the city of Kimry, where its status as a public space will be restored. But not in Moscow anymore. There are some suggestions that the ship can be used again for cruising purposes, with new engines installed and repairs made. After all, this has already happened with ships that were laid up. Well, as they say, we'll wait and see!
