For the first time in years, the voyage from Samara (Russia) to Bautino (Kazakhstan) will be revived on May 12-24 using the ‘Rus Velikaya’ ship. The latter was built in 2013 and has room for 196 passengers. Tourists will visit Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, TASS reports.Tatyana Neshatayeva, the director general of the tourism company organizing the voyage, said that the ship will make a three-day stop in Kazakhstan and then head back.The previous such voyage was made in 2007 within the framework of the ‘Caspian – the friendship sea’ International Festival. The plans to use the ship for regular voyages on the Caspian Sea have not been realized.
For the first time in years, the voyage from Samara (Russia) to Bautino (Kazakhstan) will be revived on May 12-24 using the ‘Rus Velikaya’ ship. The latter was built in 2013 and has room for 196 passengers. Tourists will visit Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, TASS reports.
Tatyana Neshatayeva, the director general of the tourism company organizing the voyage, said that the ship will make a three-day stop in Kazakhstan and then head back.
The previous such voyage was made in 2007 within the framework of the ‘Caspian – the friendship sea’ International Festival. The plans to use the ship for regular voyages on the Caspian Sea have not been realized.