PARIZHSKAYA KOMMUNA (Formerly Also FRIDRIKH ADLER)

April 2, 2005

PARIZHSKAYA KOMMUNA (Formerly Also FRIDRIKH ADLER)

Russian Ships

Build in 1914… Names: IOANN GROZNYY …1914 / PETROGRAD …1919 / FRIDRIKH ADLER …1919 / PAMYAT PARIZHSKOY KOMMUNY …1920 / PARIZHSKAYA KOMMUNA … Since mid-90’s the ship was in Khlebnikovo, later towed to Belyy Gorodok, where she burned down 1999.

The PARIZHSKAYA KOMMUNA was a motor ship of the type BORODINO - the first screw passenger motor ships and the first large series of river passenger ships in Russia.

During the Russian Civil war the ships were used for the needs of the Red army at Tsaritsyn front; during WWII the ships participated in the evacuation of people and wounded soldiers from Stalingrad and carried military cargoes. Six ships remained. They were radically rebuilt in Astrakhan in the years 1954-1961.

Russian River Ships - also a fascinating mirror of Russian history. Site author: Aleksey S. Yablonskiy.