"Mikhail Svetlov". The motor ship from the film "The Diamond Arm"

Hearing the wonderful name of this ship, many immediately recall the scene from the film by director L. Gaidai "The Diamond Arm" (1968). According to the plot, the main character of the tape, a simple Soviet worker Semen Semenovich Gorbunkov (actor Yu. Nikulin), departs on a foreign voyage on a ship, the stern and board of which is adorned with the poetic inscription "Mikhail Svetlov". A motor ship with this name - four-deck cruise beauty, popular among fans of water travel, launched in the spring of 1986. How so? This is worth considering.

The Christening of Christina

Let's go back to the eighties of the twentieth century. The motor ship "Mikhail Svetlov" (photo of him can be seen in the article) was created under the project Q-065. These are medium-sized passenger vessels for river cruises. He descended from the shipyard docks in Korneuburg (Austria) in 1985.

In his long work journey went to 86-m (was put into operation in April). There is information that the "great life" of the ship was instructed by the wife of Franz Vranitzky (Austrian state politician, Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1986 to 1997).

The motor ship was named after the Russian and Soviet poet and playwright Mikhail Svetlov (to be precise, Svetlov is the pseudonym of Lenin Prize laureate, his real name is Sheinkman). River liners of the named type have 6 single, 33 double (plus 8 first class) and 22 four-seater cabins. There are bathrooms, the rooms are equipped with refrigerators, air conditioning. The suite is two. The temporary shelters of river travelers are located mainly on the main and boat decks. There can be up to 210 passengers on board.

Everything for a pleasant stay

Favorite places for many travelers are a restaurant and a bar. Here you can sit pleasantly over a cup of coffee, watching the eternal natural themes float quietly overboard, and also to eat food, to have a good time. A couple of salons, a cinema hall and a souvenir stall - everything is provided for a pleasant rest.

It is known that during the operation, the internal equipment (this and some other typical vessels) was modernized, in accordance with the requirements of modern standards. In the course of the transformations, the three-deck Mikhail Svetlov (a motor ship) became a four-decker.

As for the crew, it consists of seventy people (including restaurant workers, as they would say in the Soviet era - representatives of the catering sector). A floating hotel does not carry an environmental threat. No harmful emissions into the environment are produced - all wastes are 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, cozy. A shower installation can not be overemphasized: what could be better than water procedures before going to bed or early morning? The radio allows you to always be aware of the events. In suites, in addition to the TV, there is a video-viewing facility, as well as a mini-bar and an additional air-conditioning.

As the travelers note, Mikhail Svetlov is comfortable. Going to the main deck, the passenger is within walking distance from several "institutions" of consumer services and public health - a hairdresser, a medical center. Quite popular among traveling brotherhood is massage parlor. Many adore the sauna. Clothes can be brought to a divine appearance in the ironing. On the same element of the ship's hull (main deck) there is a buffet and a restaurant for seventy seats.

On the boat deck is not less interesting. This is especially liked by those who do not think themselves out of mood-raising notes, because this is the location of the music salon-bar. But not only. Panoramic salon is also a great place! He is in the bow. Convinced book lovers and chess players are 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 allows). The achievement of time is satellite communication. She is supported on the ship, which is very popular with tourists.

Interested routes that are held by Mikhail Svetlov (motor ship) need to know that they change every year. Taking advantage of the board, there is an opportunity to visit the Arctic Circle, to admire the unique beauties of Yakutia. Comfort and service at a high level give a harsh but beautiful route a special charm.

But not only in the Arctic is known the motor ship "Mikhail Svetlov". Feodosia (Crimea) also remembered it in its waters. So the routes to special programs include a sea excursion to the foot of the extinct volcano Kara-Dag (2016).

Two motor ships - one image

Well, what about the movie and its "Mikhail Svetlov" (motor ship)? A "diamond arm" without this ship would be completely different. But in the picture could not figure the ship, built almost no more than twenty years after filming! It turns out that the film director Leonid Gayday, "a big admirer of the poet's work", "appropriated" the bright name to the "cine" liner for a while.

In fact, the role of an important "inanimate character" was played by two motor ships - "Russia" (the Soviet marine cruise diesel electric ship built in 1938 in Germany, originally Patria) and "Victory" (passenger ship with a difficult fate, built in 1928 in German Danzing, originally "Magdalena", since 1935 - "Iberia").

On the dock, where the family escorts Gorbunkov to cruise, "Russia" flaunts. But about the eternal Mondays on the Island of Bad luck Kozodoev (artist Andrei 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."

Sad movie with a happy ending

It is known that in September 1948, when Novorossiysk was "Victory", the sailor Skripnikov, at the request of the ship's projectionist Kovalenko (the main post-radio technician) began to pack the scanned films in boxes (he was preparing to surrender to the cult room). Rewinding was carried out on a hand-held machine. The tape was electrified, sparkling. The small storeroom, where the process was carried out, was flashed in the blink of an eye.

The flames quickly spread through the ship (even a spare radio, according to which it was possible to give the SOS signal), was burnt. The fire was extinguished first independently. When rescuers arrived, the fire was almost defeated. The ship even managed to get to Odesa (the rescued passengers were transported separately). Later it was repaired and operated until the 1970s, then it was disposed of.

But this is all from the fate of the prototype of Gaidayev's "king of the seas". As for the biography of this vessel, it continues. How many tourists have already had time to evaluate the ship "Mikhail Svetlov"! Reviews, and there are a lot of them in the ship's book, indicate that people really like to stay and travel on the ship!