Volga Star

	Igor Stravinskiy at Northern River Terminal in Moscow on 29 September 2011
History
Name	Akademik Viktor Glushkov (1983–1993); Akademik Vi'ktor Glushkov (1993–2001); Akademik Glushkov (2001–2011); Igor Stravinskiy (2011–2019); Volga Star (2019);
Owner	2011–2019: Rechflotinvest
Operator	Doninturflot
Port of registry	1983–1993: Kherson, Soviet Union; 1993–2001: Kherson, Ukraine; 2001–2019: Rostov-on-Don, Russia;
Route	Moscow – Saint Petersburg
Builder	Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Boizenburg
Yard number	379
Completed	August 1983
In service	1983
Identification	RRR number: 160220; IMO number: 8326008;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Dmitriy Furmanov-class river cruise ship
Tonnage	5,414 GT; 480 DWT;
Displacement	3,830 tons;
Length	129.1 m (424 ft)
Beam	16.7 m (55 ft)
Draught	2.88 m (9.4 ft)
Decks	5 (4 passenger accessible)
Installed power	3 x 6ЧРН36/45 (ЭГ70-5)2,208 kilowatts (2,961 hp)
Propulsion	3 propellers
Speed	25.5 km/h (15.8 mph; 13.8 kn)
Capacity	250 passengers
Crew	100

The Volga Star (Russian: Волга Стар) is a Dmitriy Furmanov-class (project 302, BiFa129M) Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga – Neva basin. The ship was built by VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau at their shipyard in Boizenburg, East Germany, and entered service in 1983. From 2011 to February 2019 the ship was named after Russian, and later French and American, composer, pianist and conductor Igor Stravinsky.

Her home port is currently Rostov-on-Don. Captain of the Igor Stravinskiy (2011) is Gennady Cherkashin.^[6]

Features

The ship has two restaurants, "Vena" and "Sankt-Peterburg",^[7] two bars,^[8] conference hall, sauna and library.