Ships "Moskvich" began in 1948 at the Moscow shipyard-shipyard (large-scale production since 1949). The construction of these vessels continued for another three decades at different factories. In total, there were built more than five hundred ships of this type. "Muscovites" not everywhere got their own names, to identify them more often used a combination of the letters "M" and the serial number of the vessel, for example M-270. Court of the Amur river shipping company are named after precious stones: Diamond", "Diamond", "malachite" and so on, the Dniester river shipping company - basically the name of the Union republics: "Moldova", "Latvia", "Turkmenistan", etc. In the 1990-ies some of the "Muscovites", sold to private owners, also received their own names. Ships of this type were operated primarily as a walking-tour of the court and in the mode of public transport. And currently, many of these vessels are in operation, despite the fact that many of them have already crossed the 50-year milestone (for example, one of the ships plying on line Kolomenskoye-Marino - built in 1957). Meet and court age 60 years, such as "Fast" (1952)) in Biysk. Now they are often owned by private companies and, being converted appropriately used for corporate parties and other events.