Cruise Fleet RUSICH LLC is part of the Express Tour LLC group of companies, officially representing the travel company Express Tour LLC (Perm) in the central region of Russia. The tour operator Express Tour LLC has been operating since 2000 Since the creation of the company and to the present day, river cruises in Russia have been the main activity.

Express Tour LLC is the owner of two ships: " Native Rus'" and "Rus the Great". The motor ship "Native Rus'" mainly serves tourists on rivers such as the Kama, middle and lower Volga. The motor ship "Rus the Great" is an excellent ship in many ways. "Rus the Great" carries out unique direct flights to the Solovetsky Islands with direct direct passage along White Sea. Also, starting from navigation in 2014, the ship will go to the Azov and Black Seas and will visit cities such as Yeysk and Novorossiysk.

In organizing holidays on board ships, the company places emphasis on excursion programs, opening up new facets of familiar routes.

CF "Rusich" offers affordable cruises on a ship in Russia to everyone. Traveling will help you take a fresh look at long-familiar cities, discover unusual places and routes.

On board the ship you can truly relax, away from routine worries. In the meantime, we will take on all the hassle associated with organizing entertainment and ensuring the safety of passengers. During a river cruise, all you have to do is enjoy polite and attentive service, excellent accommodation, interesting leisure activities and magnificent views from the deck to natural landscapes Russian cities.

The motor ship “Rus the Great” (project REGK.002) of the company “Cruise Fleet “Rusich”” began its navigation on April 6, taking a walk from Samara to the village of Vinnovka. And the next day, the three-deck ship was supposed to set off on a full multi-day cruise from Samara to Saratov. However, due to difficult ice conditions on the Syzran - Balaklava section, it was replaced, again, by a short walk. For the same reason it was canceled cruise tour Samara - Volgograd - Samara, which the operator was going to start today, April 10, and end on April 15.

And now the motor ship "Rus the Great", according to its schedule, on April 16 embarks on its now traditional line Samara - Kerch. It is planned to carry out two 15-day cruises to Crimea. The Volga-Black Sea program will end in mid-May. There is no doubt that the Kerch cruises will take place, said the company's executive director Anton Neshataev, since the forecasts for ice conditions for this period, and even earlier, are the most favorable.

After the southern voyage, “Rus the Great” follows to the North-West, to the White Sea. This year, the company has slightly changed the ship’s cruise schedule: it has increased the duration of its stay on the White Sea coast, added a new stop - Kiy Island, where it has its own temple complex, the number of previous calls also increased, primarily to Arkhangelsk. Thus, it is planned to carry out direct cruise connections to the Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk and Kiy. These will mainly be routes from St. Petersburg and only one Moscow - Solovki. Another new product: a cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg with access to The Gulf of Finland and with parking lots in Vyborg and Ust-Luga.

At the end of the season, in September, “Rus the Great” will arrive in Moscow, from where it will go on a cruise tour to Kerch for 26 days, as last year. Then he will again head for Crimea, but from Samara again. The ship ends its navigation on October 15.

The level of cruise sales on the motor ship "Rus the Great" by the beginning of April, reported Anton Neshataev, amounted to 75-80%. Which is almost completely consistent with last year’s figures. At the same time, last year there was noticeably more early booking, even before the start of the new year. However, in the first months of 2017, interest in river cruises increased again, and the company regained its previous sales volumes.

The cruise schedule of the company's second ship, the three-deck Rodnaya Rus (project 26-37), almost completely repeats last year's schedule. From the end of April, it will again go on Volga tours and “around the world” Volga - Kama - Volga lasting 12-15 days. Hikes to Bereznyaki, above Perm, are planned again. At the same time, it became more widespread excursion program at parking lots - in Cheboksary, Chistopol, Sarapul, Solikamsk, Tchaikovsky, Elabuga, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Kazan and other places of call. The general agent for the sale of cruises of the Rodnaya Rus motor ship this year is the Infoflot company.

“The Rusich cruise fleet, ahead of time, as before, posted the schedule of its water travel for navigation 2018. According to “Great Rus'”, the program of stay on the White Sea is again increasing. In addition, it will appear new route St. Petersburg – Arkhangelsk. And already, Anton Neshataev reported, the first reservations are available (with prepayment), and, like a year ago, there have been quite a few of them.

Igor Gornostaev

A comfortable three-deck deck motor ship (project 588) was built in Germany. Previously bore the name “General N.F. Vatutin." After reconstruction in 2013 - project REKG.002 class “river-sea”.

Main characteristics:

  • Length: 95 m
  • Width: 14 m
  • Draft: 2 m
  • Speed: 95 km/h
  • Passenger capacity: 196 people

To accommodate tourists on the ship there are cabins: “Lux”, “Junior Suite”, 1-, 2-, 3-bed. All cabins are equipped with: bathrooms and showers, TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators

On board tourists can enjoy:

  • restaurant
  • conference hall
  • dance floor
  • relaxation salons
  • ironing room
  • medical Center.

The price of the tour includes:

  • accommodation in a cabin of the selected category
  • bed dress
  • food in the ship's restaurant
  • entertainment program on board

At extra charge:

  • bar products
  • excursion program on the shore

The motor ship "Rus the Great" can sail without restrictions in the inland basins of rivers and lakes, including cruises on the White Sea. This allows you to operate exclusive flights. The windows on the ship do not open. To maintain the microclimate and maintain the temperature regime in all rooms of the ship, a Fan Coil climate system is installed on board, which operates in automatic mode. In addition, there is supply and exhaust ventilation, as an addition to the system described above. All cabins have regulators for both the air conditioning system and the ventilation system.