Viking River Cruises has announced it will be fully refurbishing its Russian fleet with spacious staterooms, elegant dining rooms and comfortable lounges.
The final ship to be fully refurbished is the Viking Rurik which will launch in 2012 and offer two-room, 405sq ft suites, as well as spacious Junior Suites and 60 Staterooms with full verandas.
The completion of this ship also marks the full transformation of all four vessels in Viking’s Russian fleet.
To commemorate the Viking heritage and Russian history, the four ships will be renamed after Rurik and his family, Helgi, Ingvar and Truvor who were the original Russian explorers.
Rurik, a leader of the Vikings in the 9th century, ventured along the rivers of what is now Russia and founded the Rurikid Dynasty, which ruled over Russia for many centuries.
Viking ships carry 200 guests and are specially designed to cruise Russia’s waterways.
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