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PS NV Gogol                                                                                       River Dvina, Russia 

 Photo of NV Gogol in 2002 by kind courtesy of Bill Worden

Built 1911 by the Sormovo Shipyard in Nizhny-Novgorod
Length : 100 m : breadth : 14 m
Engines :  Triple Expansion : 38 , 61 and 110 cm x
110 cm
Boiler : originally twin fire-tube wood burning

Built for freight and passenger shio operator the Northern Steamship Company Kotla-Archangelsk-Murman
Withdrawn and sold to the Zvezhdochka engineering company for cruises for its employees
In 2010/11 she was under internal renovation costing 40 million roubles
Returned to service in 2012 offering a  7-night river tour in June and a three-night trip in July from Archangelsk for the Pomor Tours company
Still in operation in 2018

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