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Building contract
Building started
17/6/1973Keel laid
14/4/1974Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
20/12/1974Delivered to Murmansk Shipping Company, Murmansk, Soviet Union.
1975Murmansk – Arkhangelsk service.
1-4/1976Docking at Kraljevica.
5/1976Murmansk – Arkhangelsk service.
1976Winter season, Baltic Sea cruises
1977Summer season, Baltic Sea cruises
1977Winter season, Tallinn – Helsinki route.
1978Summer season, Baltic Sea cruises
2-4/1979Docking at Kraljevica.
1979Summer season, Baltic Sea cruises
1980>Operated at Barent sea area time to time.
1981Summer season, cruises from Leith
1981Soviet Union – Cuba service.
1982Summer season, cruises from Leith
1982Soviet Union – Cuba service.
1983Summer season, cruises from Leith
1984Leningrad – Rostock – Riga – Tallinn – Leningrad cruises
1989Cruises from Murmansk
3-5/1991Refurbished by Wärtsilä OY, Turku , Finland
1991Murmansk – Rotterdam – Antwerben – Hamburg cruises
1992Russian flag.
1/1992Murmansk – Lokanga service
23/12/1992Owner Murmansk Shipping Company OJSC, Murmansk, Russia
1993Charter to Turkey. Companywent bankrupt as soon as started.
1993Charter to Baltic Tours Riga – Mariehamn route. Ended after 5 cruises. Later Riga – Slite cruises ended after few voyages.
1/9/1994Sold to Novoship JSC , Novorossiysk, Russia
1994Operated on Krasnodar Territory.
1998Rebuild by Viktor Lenac
1998Operated Caravelle Shipping, Russia
29/5/2006Charter to Caspian Cruise Line SC. Arrived in Astrakhan.
5/10/2007. Aktau – Baku – Makhachkala route.
10/2008Sold to Caspian Cruise Line SC , Astrakhan, Russia
2012?Laid up at Volga river, Bakhtemir arm, Volga-Caspian canal
2015Sold to 1st Ship Company LLC , Astrakhan , Russia. New name Volgari.
2017Scrapped in Ikryanoe, Bakhtemir sleeve , Astrakhan region, Russia