There were built two ships of the project 20 is "Lenin" (parent) and "Soviet Union". The court passed a hard way of creating, lived nice, but short life. The "Lenin" final existence has become dramatic. "The Soviet Union" is still struggling for his life in the Kama shipping company. M/V "Lenin" was considered to be the flagship of Volga shipping company and RA-bot on the Moscow - Astrakhan. The vessel meets the requirements of high comfort with maximum comfort for passengers. For the first time on the di-potions-electric ship was introduced air conditioning system, replacement of the heating system and ventilation, ensuring in all areas of the desired temperature during the navigation period. In the cabins was held hot and cold water, installed radio. Cinema-concert hall, three Lounges, a post office, a restaurant, a hairdressing salon, automatic telephone station, library, Solarium and Pro-holodnye veranda created maximum comfort for passengers and tourists. The vessels PR sharply differed from other passenger vessels, navigated on the internal basins of the country. They were much larger in size, technically perfect, comfortable, is rightly recognized as the phase-governmental, not only in domestic but also in the world of river shipbuilding. I can give another historical fact. Model diesel-electric ship "Soviet Union" in 1958, was presented at the International Brussels you bid and awarded a large Gold medal.