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In the '70s, She had a de luxe "A" suite(Two Lower beds with Separate sitting room and bath tub) and outdoor swimming pool on boat deck, 2 de luxe "B" suites(Two Lower beds with bath tub), 18 First class "A" cabins(Two lower beds with Shower), 22 Tourist class "A" cabins(Two Lower/Upper berths with Shower), Music Saloon, hairdressing Saloon, Shop and Bar on Upper Deck. 5 First class "B" cabins(One Lower/Upper berth with Shower), 23 Tourist class "B" cabins(Two Lower/Upper berths with Shower), Library and 2 Restaurants on Main Deck, 2 First class "B" cabins(One Lower/Upper berth with Shower), 15 Tourist class "B" cabins(Two Lower/Upper berths with Shower) and 6 Tourist class "C" cabins(Two Lower/Upper berths) on Second Deck.

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In 1982, CTC offered Turkmenia's South East Cruises out of Singapore between January and end of August.
In '84 Felix made Circle Japan cruises from April to September and theafter she cruised on South East cruiss while Turkmenia visited to Japanese Ports in Spring and Autumn.

If you sent your photo(s) to Joe, He will post them to here

Please mail to : jkoshuta@travelpage.com

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Priamurye

Khabarovsk

Felix Djerjinsky

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Music Saloon facing the bow on Upper Deck.

and there were 31 First Class Cabins(incl. 16 two berths cabins shared shower) and Smoking Room on Upper Deck.

There were 27 Tourist Class Cabins(2 Two berths cabins and 25 Four berths cabins) in the forward and Aft and Saloon, Bar and Two Restaurants in the midships on Main Deck and 22 Tourist Class Cabins(18 Four berths cabins and 4 Six berths cabins) on Second Deck.

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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
Not sure where this was supposed to go. Claude sent me this picture a few days ago and I only just now got around to posting it. Did I miss a thread?

It's Turkemenia in Hong Kong harbor in 1984.

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The SILVER STAR is the former BASHKIRIYA. She now sails as OCEAN PRINCESS for Ocean Princess Group Company Ltd from Thailand. In between she featured the names NANDINI and OLVIARA. She is operating on short casino cruises.

The former LITVA also remains in service on the West-African coast. Her name is currently GREEN COAST, owned by Green Coast Shipping Company.

NIKOLAYEVSK and KHABAROVSK remain laid up but I highly doubt that they will ever return to service again.

You can find my list of Soviet ships under "Potpurri" on the left side. Due to a lack of time, it has not been updated for a while. If anything is unclear, please don't hesitate to ask me.

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Originally posted by Patrick:
The BAYKAL is owned by FESCO and was shortly reemployed again in 2001. Afterwards laid up in Vladivostok and surrounding araes. I guess hse will soon be scrapped.

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Regards,
Mike-in TaiShan

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Originally posted by Deck 9 001:
Here is a pic of the former Bashkiriya, now sailing as the lovely OCEAN PRINCESS

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I am truly sad to see Bashkiriya like this. Such an ugly rebuild after the beautiful original lines. The fact that the original ship still lies underneath this hulk does not give me any consolation.

I agree with you on the point of her exteriors. Her former layout looked more pleasant.
Remember, there were plans to convert more vessels of this type and of the KIRGHIZISTAN-class in a similar way.
ARMENIYA (to become ODESSA SPRING) was almost realized but then sold for scrapping. LITVA (to become ODESSA DREAM) has never been started.
UZBEKHISTAN became ODESSA SUN and TADZHIKISTAN became PORTO LEONE, both quite well realized.
BASHKIRIYA became ODESSA SONG. I have to say that the interiors of the vessels were not luxurious at all but still quite well done. Especially SILVER STAR lately was quite pleasant inside as Mano invested quite a lot of money.
Hope she'll continue to sail quite a while more.