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Russia

84 ports

ports: 84
Operators: 11
Yakutsk to Nizhny Bestyakh: 45m
Ust-Luga to Baltiysk: 2½ days

Moscow Transport, Sakhalin Shipping Company and nine other companies sail between 84 ports in Russia. The main crossing, from Yakutsk to Nizhny Bestyakh, takes 45 minutes and runs every hour, late May to late October; the longest within Russia, from Ust-Luga to Baltiysk, takes 2½ days. Some sailings take cars, others foot passengers only. Some lines are seasonal.

Destinations in Russia

Other ports42 ports

Baltiysk1 destination Bolgar8 destinations Chistopol5 destinations Dachnoye7 destinations Grakhan8 destinations Grebeni9 destinations Kamskoye Ustye12 destinations Kazan24 destinations Klyuchishchi13 destinations Kotlovka8 destinations Kzyl-Bayrak9 destinations Matyushino13 destinations Naberezhnye Chelny11 destinations Naberezhnye Morkvashi7 destinations Nizhnekamsk11 destinations Nizhny Bestyakh1 destination Nizhny Uslon9 destinations Pechishchi7 destinations Peschany1 destination Popov Island2 destinations Pustye Morkvashi7 destinations Reineke Island2 destinations Rudnik7 destinations Rurikovo Gorodishche1 destination Sadovaya9 destinations Sentyak8 destinations Shelanga13 destinations Sokolka8 destinations Studenets9 destinations Svinogorye8 destinations Sviyazhsk7 destinations Tashevka13 destinations Tenishevo8 destinations Tetyushi8 destinations Ust-Luga1 destination Vanino1 destination Veliky Novgorod1 destination Verkhny Uslon7 destinations Vishnevka8 destinations Vladivostok3 destinations Yakutsk1 destination Yelabuga11 destinations

Ferry companies in Russia

Moscow Transport

Calls at Moscow Serdtse Stolitsy, Moscow Fili Park, Moscow Kievsky and 20 other portsFoot passengers only

32m–1h 48m

Sakhalin Shipping Company

Calls at Vanino and KholmskCarsOvernight

19h

Rosmorport

Calls at Ust-Luga and BaltiyskCarsOvernight

2½ days

Neva Travel

Calls at St Petersburg (Hermitage), Peterhof, Kronstadt and six other portsFoot passengers onlySeasonal

20m–1h 35m

Flot Respubliki Tatarstan

Calls at Kazan, Studenets, Bolgar and 28 other portsFoot passengers onlySeasonal

40m–7h

SakhPasFlot

Calls at Vanino, Kholmsk, Korsakov and three other portsCars

12h–2 days

Kometa Petrozavodsk

Calls at Petrozavodsk and KizhiFoot passengers onlyHigh speedSeasonal

1h 30m

Paromy Yakutii

Calls at Yakutsk and Nizhny BestyakhCarsSeasonal

45m

Pereprava Vladivostok

Calls at Vladivostok, Popov Island, Peschany and Reineke IslandFoot passengers only

1h 5m–1h 35m

Valaam Monastery

Calls at Sortavala, Valaam and PriozerskFoot passengers onlyHigh speedSeasonal

1h 15m–1h 25m

VKIZHI

Calls at Petrozavodsk, Kizhi, Velikaya Guba and OyatevshchinaFoot passengers only

30m–1h 30m

Questions

Which ferry companies sail in Russia?

Moscow Transport: Moscow Serdtse Stolitsy, Moscow Fili Park, Moscow Kievsky and 20 other ports. Sakhalin Shipping Company: Vanino and Kholmsk. Rosmorport: Ust-Luga and Baltiysk. Neva Travel: St Petersburg (Hermitage), Peterhof, Kronstadt and six other ports. Flot Respubliki Tatarstan: Kazan, Studenets, Bolgar and 28 other ports. SakhPasFlot: Vanino, Kholmsk, Korsakov, Iturup, Shikotan and Kunashir. Kometa Petrozavodsk: Petrozavodsk and Kizhi. Paromy Yakutii: Yakutsk and Nizhny Bestyakh. And three other companies.

Can I take my car on a ferry in Russia?

Partly. Vanino to Kholmsk, Ust-Luga to Baltiysk, Yakutsk to Nizhny Bestyakh, Korsakov to Iturup, Shikotan to Korsakov, Korsakov to Kunashir, Kunashir to Shikotan and Iturup to Kunashir take cars; every other line is for foot passengers only.

Do ferries in Russia run all year?

Yes. Moscow Transport, Sakhalin Shipping Company and four other companies sail all year round; some lines are seasonal.