# Rodina-class motorship

The Rodina class is a class of Russian river passenger ships. "Rodina" means "motherland" in Russian.
They were three-deck cargo-passenger ships manufactured in Germany from 1954 to 1961.

## River passenger ships of the project 588

Rodina-class motorships :
| No. | Original name | English transliteration |
| First series of Project 588 |||
| 1 | В. Чкалов | V. Chkalov |
| 2 | А. Матросов | A. Matrosov |
| 3 | Н. Гастелло (Алексей Толстой) | N. Gastello (Aleksey Tolstoy) |
| 4 | Л. Доватор (Арабелла) | L. Dovator (Arabella) |
| 5 | Родина (Святая Русь) | Rodina (Svyataya Rus) |
| 6 | Эрнст Тельман (Цезарь) | Ernst Telman (Tsezar) |
| 7 | Андрей Вышинский (Тарас Шевченко, Сергей Кучкин, Тарас Шевченко, Очарованный Странник) | Andrey Vyshinskiy (Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko, Ocharovannyy Strannik) |
| 8 | Фридрих Энгельс | Fridrikh Engels |
| 9 | И. А. Крылов | I. A. Krylov |
| 10 | Карл Либкнехт (Юрий Никулин, Солнечный Город) | Karl Libknekht (Yuriy Nikulin, Solnechnyy Gorod) |
| 11 | Ильич | Ilyich |
| Second series of Project 588 |||
| 12 | Александр Невский | Aleksandr Nevskiy |
| 13 | Карл Маркс (Северная Сказка) | Karl Marks (Severnaya Skazka) |
| 14 | Дмитрий Донской (Кабаргинъ, Кабаргин, Князь Донской) | Dmitriy Donskoy (Kabargin, Knyaz Donskoy) |
| 15 | Михаил Кутузов | Mikhail Kutuzov |
| 16 | Дмитрий Пожарский | Dmitriy Pozharskiy |
| 17 | Рылеев | Ryleev |
| 18 | Алеша Попович or Алеша Попович | Alesha Popovich or Alyosha Popovich |
| 19 | Добрыня Никитич (Прикамье) | Dobrynya Nikitich (Prikamye) |
| 20 | Илья Муромец | Ilya Muromets |
| 21 | Багратион | Bagration |
| 22 | Кавказ (Космонавт Гагарин) | Kavkaz (Kosmonavt Gagarin) |
| 23 | Казбек (Михаил Лермонтов) | Kazbek (Mikhail Lermontov) |
| 24 | Эльбрус (Валентина Терешкова) | Elbrus (Valentina Tereshkova) |
| 25 | Алтай | Altay |
| 26 | Урал (Инженер Пташников, Тарас Бульба, Урал) | Ural (Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba, Ural) |
| 27 | Н. В. Гоголь | N. V. Gogol |
| 28 | А. И. Герцен | A. I. Gertsen |
| 29 | Т. Г. Шевченко (Святой Петр, Anichka) | T. G. Shevchenko (Svyatoy Petr, Anichka) |
| 30 | И. С. Тургенев | I. S. Turgenev |
| 31 | Г. В. Плеханов | G. V. Plekhanov |
| 32 | К. А. Тимирязев | K. A. Timiryazev |
| 33 | Денис Давыдов | Denis Davydov |
| 34 | Иван Сусанин (Петр Первый) | Ivan Susanin (Pyotr Pervyy) |
| 35 | Серго Орджоникидзе (Орджоникидзе, Серго Орджоникидзе) | Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Ordzhonikidze, Sergo Ordzhonikidze) |
| 36 | Козьма Минин | Kozyma Minin |
| 37 | Степан Разин (Аврора) | Stepan Razin (Avrora) |
| 38 | Юрий Долгорукий | Yuriy Dolgorukiy |
| 39 | Генерал И. Д. Черняховский | General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy |
| 40 | Генерал Н. Ф. Ватутин (Русь Великая) | General N. F. Vatutin (Rus Velikaya) |
| 41 | Вильгельм Пик (Павел Бажов) | Vilgelm Pik (Pavel Bazhov) |
| 42 | А. С. Попов | A. S. Popov |
| 43 | Н. К. Крупская (Петрокрепость) | N. K. Krupskaya (Petrokrepost) |
| 44 | К. Э. Циолковский (Анатолий Папанов, Две Столицы) | K. E. Tsiolkovskiy (Anatoliy Papanov, Dve Stolitsy) |
| 45 | Ф. Жолио-Кюри | F. Zholio-Kyuri |
| 46 | Ф. И. Панфёров | F. I. Panfyorov |
| 47 | Фёдор Гладков | Fyodor Gladkov |
| 48 | Александр Фадеев | Aleksandr Fadeyev |
| 49 | Хирург Разумовский | Khirurg Razumovskiy |

## Overview

Rodina class :
| Month and year of build | Hull No | Image | Name | Operator | Flag | RRR | MMSI | Status |
| March 1954 | 13001 | | Valeriy Chkalov | YRSCO, Krasnoyarsk | → | 142501 | 273327780 | originally, the V. Chkalov (also called Valeriy Chkalov according to marinetraffic and the newest edit of RRR). This ship was modernised in 2007. |
| June 1954 | 13002 | | A. Matrosov | YRSCO, Krasnoyarsk | → | 142502 | 273353470 | originally, the A. Matrosov (Aleksandr Matrosov is the marinetraffic name) |
| September 1954 | 13003 | | Aleksey Tolstoy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142503 | 273338640 | originally, the N. Gastello; rebuilt, built up one deck; scrapped in 2014 |
| April 1955 | 13004 | | Arabella | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142504 | – | originally, the L. Dovator (until 2002); rebuilt, picked up 76 people from sunken Bulgariya on July 10, 2011, scrapped in 2014 |
| June 1955 | 13005 | | Svyataya Rus | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142505 | – | originally, the Rodina (until 2006); burnt at Bor on 13 August 2018, decommissioned in 2018 |
| 1955 | 13006 | | Tsezar | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142506 | 273328160 | originally, the Ernst Telman |
| April 1956 | 11000 | | Ocharovannyy Strannik | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142507 | 273371180 | originally, the Andrey Vyshinskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko |
| June 1956 | 11001 | Image | Fridrikh Engels | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142508 | – | sank on November 6, 2003, out of service in November 2003 |
| September 1956 | 11002 | | I. A. Krylov | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142509 | 273364210 | |
| November 1956 | 11003 | | Solnechnyy Gorod | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142510 | 273326640 | originally, the Karl Libknekht, Y. Nikulin (2002–2014) |
| December 1956 | 11004 | Image | Ilyich | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142577 | – | Flotel at Kineshma since 2006 |
| April 1957 | 112 | | Aleksandr Nevskiy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142578 | 273362080 | |
| May 1957 | 113 | | Severnaya Skazka | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142579 | 273379430 | originally, the Karl Marks |
| June 1957 | 114 | | Knyaz Donskoy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142580 | – | originally, the Dmitriy Donskoy, Kabargin', Kabargin; scrapped |
| 1957 | 115 | | Mikhail Kutuzov | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142581 | 273338050 | |
| August 1957 | 116 | | Dmitriy Pozharskiy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 142582 | 273341660 | |
| November 1957 | 117 | | Ryleev | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082244 | – | scrapped in 2018 |
| December 1957 | 118 | | Alyosha Popovich | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082169 | – | scrapped in November 2014 |
| December 1957 | 119 | | Prikamye | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082167 | – | originally, the Dobrynya Nikitich |
| March 1958 | 120 | | Ilya Muromets | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082168 | 273362870 | |
| April 1958 | 121 | | Bagration | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082169 | – | out of service in October 1999; scrapped in 2003 |
| May 1958 | 122 | | Kosmonavt Gagarin | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082170 | 273338860 | originally, the Kavkaz (1958–1961); rebuilt 2005 and 2008 |
| June 1958 | 123 | Image | Ural | VSCO, Astrakhan | → | 004875 | 273321730 | originally, the Ural, Inzhener Ptashnikov, Taras Bulba |
| October 1958 | 124 | | Valentina Tereshkova | VSCO, Astrakhan | | – | – | *originally, the Elbrus (until 1963); filmed in „Девичья весна“ 1960; burnt, out of service and scrapped 1978 at Astrakhan |
| November 1958 | 125 | Image | Altay | NWRSCO, Leningrad | | – | – | filmed in „Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia“ in 1973; sold to Baltic states; scrapped in the 1990s |
| December 1958 | 126 | | Mikhail Lermontov | VURSCO, Astrakhan | → | – | – | originally, the Kazbek; out of service in July 1998; scrapped 2003 |
| March 1959 | 127 | | N. V. Gogol | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082649 | 273367160 | RR 4018 |
| April 1959 | 128 | Image | A. I. Gertsen | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082650 | 273337560 | |
| May 1959 | 129 | | Anichka | NWRSCO, Leningrad | → → | – | – | originally, the T. G. Shevtshenko (until 1994), Svyatoy Petr (1994–1997); sunk at Sligo, Ireland; out of service in 2003 |
| June 1959 | 130 | Image | I. S. Turgenev | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 083028 | – | scrapped in 2017 |
| August 1959 | 131 | | G. V. Plekhanov | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 082519 | – | scrapped in 2020 |
| September 1959 | 132 | Image | K. A. Timiryazev | VURSCO, Astrakhan | → | 091176 | – | |
| December 1959 | 133 | Image | Denis Davydov | VURSCO, Astrakhan | → | 027620 | – | |
| February 1960 | 134 | | Petr Pervyy | MRSCO, Moscow | → | 129230 | – | originally, the Ivan Susanin (until 1992); 1992—2004 on the Maas River, in the Netherlands |
| March 1960 | 135 | Image | Sergo Ordzhonikidze | MRSCO, Moskau | | 129231 | – | originally, the Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Ordzhonikidze; burnt in 1992 on the Lake Onega; filmed in "Titanic" of the band "Nautilus Pompilius" in 1994; out of service in 1995 and scrapped in 1996 |
| April 1960 | 136 | Image | Kozma Minin | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 027610 | 273354550 | |
| August 1960 | 137 | | Avrora | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 021959 | – | originally, the Stepan Razin (until 2003); scrapped |
| October 1960 | 138 | | Y. Dolgorukiy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 083722 | – | out of service in 2012, scrapped |
| November 1960 | 139 | Image | General I. D. Chernyakhovskiy | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 041021 | – | |
| December 1960 | 140 | | Rus Velikaya | VURSCO, Gorky | → | 229434 | 273356650 | originally, the General N. F. Vatutin (until 2011) |
| January 1961 | 141 | Image | Pavel Bazhov | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145001 | – | originally, the Vilgelm Pik (until 1992) |
| April 1961 | 142 | | A. S. Popov | NWRSCO, Leningrad | → | 145002 | 273322950 | |
| July 1961 | 143 | | Petrokrepost | NWRSCO, Leningrad | → | 145003 | | originally, the N. K. Krupskaya (until 1993); scrapped in 2012 |
| August 1961 | 144 | | Dve Stolitsy | BORSCO, Petrozavodsk | → | 145004 | 273341750 | originally, the K. E. Tsiolkovskiy, Anatoliy Papanov; accident in 1996 off Valaam, sank due to fire on board at Quay in Saint Petersburg in 2001; rebuilt |
| September 1961 | 145 | Image | F. Zholio-Kyuri | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145005 | – | burnt in October 2011 in the river’s backwater |
| October 1961 | 146 | | F. I. Panfyorov | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145006 | 273326520 | rebuilt, built up one deck |
| November 1961 | 147 | Image | Fedor Gladkov | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145007 | – | |
| December 1961 | 148 | | Aleksandr Fadeyev | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145008 | 273369310 | |
| December 1961 | 149 | | Khirurg Razumovskiy | KRSCO, Perm | → | 145009 | 273360410 | rebuilt, built up one deck |
RRR — Russian River Register
YRSCO – Yenisseiskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; VURSCO – Volzhskoye Obyedinyonnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo (today – Volzhskoye Parokhodstvo, VSCO); MRSCO – Moskovskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; KRSCO – Kamskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; BORSCO – Belomoro-Onezhskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo; NWRSCO – Severo-Zapadnoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo