When Bulgaria drowned. Topic of the day: "Bulgaria" disaster

date Time

≈13 hours 30 minutes

Dead

122 people

Victims

79 were rescued, of which 9 people were hospitalized due to cuts and bruises, 5 were sent for outpatient treatment after first aid.

Wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria"- a shipwreck that occurred on July 10, 2011 at approximately 13:30 Moscow time in the Kuibyshev reservoir near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan.

general information

Motor ship "Bulgaria"

Double-decker motor ship " Bulgaria"Project 785 (built in Czechoslovakia in 1955), cruising along the route Kazan - Bolgar - Kazan, sank in the Volga near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinsky district of Tatarstan.

Two vessels - the dry cargo ship "Arbat" and the pusher "Dunaysky 66" passed by rafts with passengers and crew of the motor ship "Bulgaria". The first ship to come to the aid of those in distress was the cruise ship Arabella, whose crew carried out the rescue operation. On board the ship "Arabella" the survivors received first aid. health care, food, hot drinks and dry clothes are provided. Several seriously injured were sent to Kazan on the Meteor.

For several days since the tragedy, the operation continued to raise the motor ship "Bulgaria" from the bottom of the Kuibyshev Reservoir and to search for the bodies of the victims. Significant forces of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Russian Ministry of Transport, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Social Development and commercial structures were pulled into the crash area. As a result, the motor ship "Bulgaria" was lifted and transported to the nearest ship repair plant in the Kuibyshevsky backwater. At the same time, all the bodies of the dead were discovered.

According to final data, of the 201 people on board, 79 were saved. The death of the remaining 122 people was confirmed. Among the dead was the captain of the motor ship "Bulgaria" Alexander Ostrovsky.

Investigative Committee Russian Federation In connection with the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria", several criminal cases were initiated, and a number of officials were brought to criminal liability:

All defendants in the mentioned criminal cases, with the exception of two captains who did not provide assistance to those in distress and the senior mate of the captain of the motor ship "Bulgaria" Ramil Khametov, were placed in custody.

Several departments presented to the public their conclusions based on the results of inspections regarding the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria" (see section)

The wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria" had a great public resonance in Russia and the rest of the world, which in turn became the reason for the start of mass inspections in the river fleet industry, in the bodies of the River Register and Rostransnadzor.

Chronology of events

Memory

For several days after the sinking of the motor ship "Bulgaria", many residents of Kazan came to the Kazan river port, where a spontaneous people's memorial was built, consisting of thousands of soft toys, flowers and burning candles.

On July 10, 2012, on the banks of the Volga near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinsky district, opposite the place where the motor ship Bulgaria sank, a memorial was opened in memory of the victims of this tragedy. The complex includes a wall of remembrance and a central square, as well as a chapel and a mosque. The memory wall is made of monolithic concrete, lined with granite. It depicts the sunken motor ship "Bulgaria" and the names of 122 victims are embossed in gold letters.

A buoy has been installed at the crash site. Ships passing by must sound a long sound signal (horn), thereby paying tribute to the memory of those who died on the ship.

The parents of five-year-old Kirill Chernov, who died in the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria", announced that they would build a children's playground near the village of Krasnogorsky in the Mari-El Republic using compensation funds.

Results of the investigation

Rostransnadzor

From the operative part of the audit conclusion:

The commission concluded that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors:

1. Failure by the shipowner and captain of the vessel to comply with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of a voyage, during which the safe navigation of the vessel was not ensured. Thus, the shipowner and captain of the vessel deliberately violated the restrictions of the Russian River Register for vessels of this project, prohibiting their operation:

2. Low qualifications and lack of discipline of the ship’s crew members, expressed in:

  • in non-acceptance necessary measures safety when the vessel enters the reservoir and when receiving a storm warning. The ship's port and starboard portholes were not closed, including in the engine room, where only crew members were on watch;
  • in the unauthorized shutdown of the starboard main diesel generator by the senior engineer, without receiving a command from the bridge;
  • in the failure of ship machinery due to non-compliance with the Technical Operation Rules;
  • in non-compliance with generally accepted techniques and methods of vessel control. The left turn maneuver was carried out without taking into account: the stability features of the vessel, the already existing list of 4° to starboard; an additional roll to starboard caused by centrifugal force during circulation to the left; a strong wind blowing on the left side and a large sail of the ship;
  • in violation by the captain of the vessel of the requirements of paragraphs 15 and 16 of the Procedure for dispatch control of vessel traffic on inland waterways of the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated March 1, 2010 No. 47 “On approval of the procedure for dispatch control of vessel traffic on inland waterways of the Russian Federation” (captain did not inform the dispatcher and did not receive dispatch permission for the vessel to move).

Official representative of the RF IC Vladimir Markin:

The Investigative Committee officially declares that it will be possible to finally establish the cause of the sinking of the vessel only based on the results of a judicial commission of navigation and engineering and technical examination, which currently held. Taking into account the conclusion of the expert commission, appropriate procedural decisions will be made.

Regarding information about holes on the hull of the ship, Vladimir Markin explained:

Information disseminated in the media with reference to the results of the survey of the ship carried out by the Middle Volga branch of the Russian river register that the crash of the "Bulgaria" was caused by holes is not true. The investigation believes that the reference to anonymous experts is deliberately used to influence public opinion in order to exempt from criminal liability officials against whom a criminal case has already been initiated, as well as other persons who may soon be brought to criminal liability .

Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

A preliminary version of the cause of the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria" is open portholes.

Public Chamber of the Russian Federation

On November 21, 2011, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation presented the conclusion of a public investigation, from which it follows that the crew did not take the necessary measures to prepare the vessel for departure in accordance with the announced meteorological forecast for the Kuibyshev reservoir, in particular, the crew of the "Bulgaria" did not provide stability of the vessel, did not batten down the portholes, including emergency ones, did not repair the breakdown of the left main engine, and also did not connect communications equipment to emergency power sources; the vessel was controlled without taking into account its real load, the report says. The presence of an initial list of the vessel to starboard, the appearance of an additional list when the vessel turned to the left, as well as a gust of heavy wind and waves (on the reservoir) led to an intensive flow of water into the hull through the open portholes and, as a consequence, to loss of stability and flooding of the vessel.

Opinions about the disaster

A terrible tragedy occurred on the Volga. My condolences to the families and friends of those killed

and at the meetings he gave instructions:

All search efforts must be completed, despite the fact that there is practically no hope of finding anyone alive. This must be done for understandable moral and ethical reasons and in order to find out all the circumstances of his death

The number of old vessels that float with us is prohibitive! If it happened before, this does not mean that it could not happen. This happened, and with the most terrible consequences. It is necessary to assess this situation and force either to carry out the necessary overhaul of all those who own ships, or to take them out of service if they are not suitable in terms of their quality for carrying out this type of transportation.

It is not the “switchmen” who swiped the papers who must answer for this crime, but everyone who organizes this process... So that next time any official, regardless of rank, understands that responsibility for the departure of such a vessel to sea can be not only disciplinary, but also criminal. This criminal liability must be translated into very tangible penalties.

It is necessary to figure out what happened, expose and punish those responsible. This should be done in relation to a wide range of people, including the organizers of this mess, and not just the “switchmen”, the vice-chairmen and other random people who fell into this orbit.

If the technology is outdated, is it possible to use this technology at the risk of human life? only in order to get money? It is no coincidence that all these catastrophes are accompanied, on the one hand, by examples of courage and selfless feat, and on the other - by examples of cowardice and recklessness... If the dominant feature of our lives continues to be the desire to earn as much as possible by any means necessary, then we are in for more O greater disasters.

What happened on July 10 with Bulgaria, without any exaggeration, shocked the whole country. So many victims, so many children died! It’s terrible that we have to pay such a tribute for irresponsibility, for carelessness, for greed, for a gross violation of technological safety rules...

...In general, how could it happen that a company without a license for tourism activities, without a license to use ships, could operate? How were tickets sold at the port? Who allowed? How were you released from the port? How did the port enter into an agreement with this company, which does not have a single license for services at the port? How could this happen? Where were Rostekhnadzor, Rostransnadzor? Where were all these departments?

Valery Neznakin, CEO OJSC "Shipping Company" Kamskoe river shipping company", the day after the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria":

In this case, we bear not legal, but only moral responsibility for the death of passengers.

Svetlana Inyakina, director of ArgoRechTour LLC, told the press before her arrest (text as edited by the source):

Everything was fine with the ship. According to the register documents, everything was in order, the ship was in technically acceptable condition. It's simple assault warning and strong wind. We got caught in a storm and the hold was flooded.

The main participants in the events associated with the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria"

  • Inyakina Svetlana Georgievna- General Director and sole participant of the Limited Liability Company "Argorechtur", which was the sublessee and operator of the motor ship "Bulgaria" during the 2011 season. Accused of providing services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), of violating the safety rules for operating internal water transport(Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), violation of labor protection rules (Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a preventive measure was chosen in relation to her in the form of detention.
  • Ivashov Yakov- senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian River Register, who issued Argorechtur LLC a positive conclusion for the operation of the motor ship "Bulgaria" in 2011. He is accused of unlawfully issuing official documents certifying the compliance of the services provided by Inyakina with the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of official powers for mercenary and other personal interest (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a preventive measure was chosen against him in form of detention.
  • Timergazeev Irek- Head of the Kazan department of Rostransnadzor. According to the investigation, Timirgazeev Irek, together with Semenov Vladislav, gave a positive conclusion about the readiness of Argorechtur LLC to transport passengers, while there were no grounds for this. He is accused of abuse of official powers out of other personal interests (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen against him.
  • Semenov Vladislav- Chief State Inspector of the Kazan Department of Rostransnadzor. According to the investigation, Vladislav Semenov, together with Irek Timirgazeev, gave a positive conclusion about the readiness of Argorechtur LLC to transport passengers, while there were no grounds for this. He is accused of abuse of power out of other personal interest (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a preventive measure was chosen against him in the form of detention.
  • Tuchin Yuri Vladislavovich- captain of the dry cargo ship "Arbat", convicted by the Kamsko-Ustinsky District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan under Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with failure to provide assistance to survivors of the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria". Sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles. During the period of the preliminary investigation and trial, he was at large due to the choice of a preventive measure not related to detention against him.
  • Egorov Alexander Pavlovich- captain of the pusher "Dunaysky 66", convicted by the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan under Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with failure to provide assistance to survivors of the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria". Sentenced to a fine of 190 thousand rubles. During the period of the preliminary investigation and trial, he was at large due to the choice of a preventive measure not related to detention against him.
  • Safin Rashid- director of Kazansky river port, dismissed from the said position on July 15, 2011 “for allowing the release of the motor ship “Bulgaria” on a cruise.” He challenged his dismissal in court, but the courts of the first and second instance considered the dismissal legal and justified.
  • Ostrovsky Alexander- captain of the motor ship "Bulgaria", died in the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria". During search operations at the crash site, the body of Captain Ostrovsky was discovered on the captain's bridge. The criminal case was discontinued due to the death of the accused
  • Ramil Khametov- survivor of the disaster, senior mate of the ship "Bulgaria". During the investigation of the criminal case, he was accused of violating traffic safety rules and operating inland water transport (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He was not placed in custody due to the choice of a preventive measure against him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior.
  • Khramov Alexander Grigorievich- Head of the Volga Department of the State Marine and River Supervision Authority ( Nizhny Novgorod), who committed suicide on August 22, 2011 due to dismissal from his position. Alexander Khramov was a witness in the case of the wreck of the motor ship "Bulgaria" (the same witness as Irek Timergazeev and Vladislav Semenov were before August 15, 2011).
  • Lizalin Roman Evgenievich- captain of the motor ship "Arabella", who together organized the rescue of the surviving passengers and crew members of the motor ship "Bulgaria". Subsequently he was awarded state and departmental awards.
  • Chernyshov Sergey Mikhailovich- Major General of Justice, senior investigator for particularly important cases under the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, head of the investigative group created to investigate the criminal case initiated on the fact of the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria" on July 10, 2011.
  • Antonov Mikhail- largest shareholder of JSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company "", tycoon. The Kama River Shipping Company denied rumors about Antonov’s flight abroad.
  • Neznakin Valery- General Director of JSC Shipping Company Kama River Shipping Company - owner of the motor ship Bulgaria.
  • OJSC Shipping Company "Kama River Shipping Company" (Perm)- the owner of the motor ship "Bulgaria", who did not bear responsibility, despite the current legislation, according to which the legal owner of the property bears responsibility for damage caused by the operation of the property.
  • Breeze LLC (Perm)- a company that is a lessee of the motor ship “Bulgaria”, which subleased this motor ship to Argorechtur LLC.
  • Argorechtur LLC (Kazan) - tour operator, created by Svetlana Inyakina at the end of 2010. As of July 10, 2011, this legal entity was the current sublessee of the motor ship "Bulgaria", fully responsible for manning the crew, ongoing repairs and maintaining the ship in proper technical condition.

Notes

  1. The Privolzhsky Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case regarding the sinking of the passenger ship "Bulgaria" and the death of passengers. Privolzhsky Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (11.07.11). Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  2. The motor ship arrived at the port of Kazan Arabella» with rescued passengers
  3. Photos from the Arabella
  4. Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case in connection with the crash " Bulgaria»:: Emergencies:: RosBusinessConsulting
  5. The Investigative Committee found the culprits of the Bulgaria disaster, and the media and bloggers found the owner, a United Russia millionaire, Newsru.com, 07/12/2011
  6. Kamsko-Ustinsky District Court of Kamskoye Ustye: On December 26, 2011, a verdict was passed in a criminal case charging Yu. V. Tuchin under Art. 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
  7. A memorial was opened on the banks of the Volga in memory of those killed in the crash of the "Bulgaria"
  8. A monument on the water was erected at the site of the Bulgaria crash
  9. A children's playground will be built in the Republic of Mari El in memory of the child who died on the ship "Bulgaria"
  10. The Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport completed the investigation into the accident of the diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria", leased from ArgoRechTour LLC (Kazan), which sank on July 10, 2011.
  11. At the same time, the Investigative Committee of Russia refutes information about the existing holes in the hull of the motor ship "Bulgaria" ()
5 days before the disaster, during the previous voyage of the Bulgaria, bloggers noticed that the ship was tilting heavily to the right. This happens when the fuel tanks are only full on one side; there is also a sewage tank on the right side of the ship - it may not have been cleaned out
The former captain of the "Bulgaria" (then "Ukraine") was photographed on board the ship on July 5. He's wearing the shoulder straps of a senior mate.
The tour operator's website reported an accident on the Bulgaria ship and suspended the sale of tickets for the flight 3 hours before the disaster. How could this happen? This message has now been erased from the site, but is stored in Google cache. Click to see larger
Owner of the ship: OJSC "Kama River Shipping Company";
Tenant: Breeze LLC;
Subtenant: ArgoRechTur LLC
Main characteristics
Year of manufacture: 1955
Number of decks: 2
Travel speed: 20.5 km/h
Engine power: 273 kW
Number of engines: 2
River register class: "o"
Passenger capacity: 233
Length: 80.2 m
Width: 14 m
Draft: 1.9 m

According to travel agencies, passenger capacity after modernization is 140 people.

The most memorable event in the history of the former motor ship "Ukraine" (now "Bulgaria") was her participation in the events at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. The diesel-electric ship "Ukraine" and 12 similar vessels were used as floating hotels for liquidators and sarcophagus builders above the emergency station. After the work was completed, some of the ships were scuttled at their moorings in the Dnieper, and the least contaminated ships were returned to service.

15:00
The bodies of 82 dead were recovered. Against the general director of ArgoRechTour LLC Svetlana Inyakina and senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian river register Yakova Ivashova a criminal case was initiated under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Performance or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements.” According to this article, if the act entailed the death of two or more persons, the punishment may include up to 10 years in prison.

14:00
General Director OJSC "Kama River Shipping Company" (owner of the ship) Valery Kirchanov refutes rumors that the owner of the company Mikhail Antonov fled abroad. Kirchanov especially emphasizes: “ In this case, we bear not legal, but only moral responsibility for the death of passengers».

13:00
The official date and time for the rise of the sunken ship to the surface have been announced - July 16, 17:00.

12:00
The official number of those declared dead is 71 people. A civil memorial service began in the River Port of Kazan in memory of the victims of the tragedy. Two ships are being sought that passed by the sinking Bulgaria and did not provide any assistance to the victims - the captains of the ships will be held accountable.

10:30
The divers reported their readiness to enter music room sunken ship, where at the time of the disaster there were about 30 children. Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for Perm region documents are being seized from the owner of "Bulgaria" - OJSC "Kama River Shipping Company"

08:30
The bodies of the Bulgaria captain Alexander Ostrovsky and his wife have been identified.

07:30
The Information Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation announced the completion of the development of the project to lift the Bulgaria to the surface. The representative of the department especially noted that the development of the project was carried out by the St. Petersburg Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - they also developed the project for raising the Kursk submarine.

According to the RIA-Novosti agency, the total number of victims is 54 people.

During a meeting with the heads of relevant ministries and departments, President Dmitry Medvedev demanded « conduct a comprehensive examination of all Vehicle who are engaged in the transportation of passengers.” Officials and supervisory authorities will also be required to ensure that shipowners carry out major repairs on time or take the transport out of service.

In Russia, in addition to the "Bulgaria", until recently there are 4 more vessels of project 785 in operation. These are the motor ship "Kompozitor Glazunov" (it was already detained in Saratov "for inspection"), the motor ship "Peter Alabin" (in this moment is on the voyage “Samara-Cheboksary-Samara”) and the motor ship “M. Yu. Lermontov" (uses Passazhirrechtrans OJSC for transportation on the Krasnoyarsk-Dudinka route) and "Rimsky-Korsakov" (until recently it operated regular routes along the Irtysh and Ob).

RIA Novosti: “Currently, the bodies of 49 dead have been recovered from the sunken ship. Thus, the total number of victims of the tragedy at the moment is 50 people,” the agency’s interlocutor said, adding that the body of one victim was found on the surface of the water.

To date, 40 bodies have been recovered from the crash site of the motor ship "Bulgaria", the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, announced this at a conference call. Among the dead recovered were 26 women, 10 men and 4 children. 89 divers and 5 doctors were involved in search and rescue operations. So far, specialists have examined only 30 percent of the vessel.

"Evening Kazan" identified the captain of "Bulgaria". It turned out to be 55-year-old Alexander OSTROVSKY, who worked as a captain at the Kazan river port for more than 20 years: “In the river port he is characterized as a professional high level. In 2000, Ostrovsky resigned from the river port and went to work for private companies - he began to transport tourists around tourist routes. River port workers rule out the possibility of a crash due to the captain’s fault.”

The captain’s name does not appear in the list of rescued people (updated by the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 17:30).

The last time “Bulgaria” was seriously repaired was in 2007, and it was operated on the basis of a certificate of seaworthiness issued by the Kama branch of the river register in Perm, reports the Vechernyaya Kazan newspaper. The ship was scheduled to undergo another major overhaul upon completion of the 2011 navigation.

The tour cruise on the Volga, as a result of which the ship "Bulgaria" sank, was carried out illegally. The carrier did not have a license to transport passengers, a representative of the Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office said today during a meeting of the emergency response headquarters. According to him, it has been established that the ship “Bulgaria” is assigned to the Kama River Shipping Company in Perm. The motor ship was leased to Breeze LLC, and it, in turn, subleased the ship to a certain citizen ( we are apparently talking about the owner of AgroRechTour LLC, Svetlana Imyakina — Yu.Ch.). On May 25, AgroRechTour submitted a document to obtain a license for the right to transport passengers by inland water transport, but did not manage to receive it.

During a meeting of the operational headquarters, the head of the information department of the federal fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, said that according to the latest updated data, there could be 208 people on board. Soon after the disaster, a much smaller number was named - 175 people: this is how many passengers and crew members could be on the ship, based on the purchased vouchers and the standard carrying capacity. Later it turned out that in Bolgar they took on board people who needed to get to Kazan.

According to the latest information so far (as of 11 a.m.), 79 people were rescued: 50 tourists, 23 crew members, 6 people not registered for the flight. Noteworthy is the fact that the majority of the 33 crew members were saved. The confirmed death toll is 13.

According to Rustam Minnikhanov, 28 divers are working at the scene of the tragedy, and their number will increase in the near future. Conditions for rest and accommodation of divers will be provided on board the motor ship Arabella, whose arrival at the scene of the tragedy was expected at 13:00. This is the same ship whose crew discovered the distressed Bulgaria yesterday, lifted it out of the water and delivered the absolute majority of its surviving passengers to Kazan.

The RF Ministry of Emergency Situations plans to organize work to raise the sunken motor ship "Bulgaria" from the bottom of the Volga within a few hours, head of the RF Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call. Until 15:00, work will be organized to plan the recovery from the bottom of the sunken motor ship "Bulgaria". Two special cranes should arrive from Volgograd to the site of the ship's sinking.

Investigators discovered that the Bulgaria was out of order.

The Volga Region Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia established that even when leaving Kazan, the ship had a malfunction of the main left engine, but despite this, the ship went on a two-day voyage. It was also established that when leaving on July 10 at 11:15 a.m. from Bolgar in the direction of Kazan, the ship had a right list, which could be a consequence of unemptied sewer tanks, the presence of fuel only in the right tank, etc.

No storm warning was announced on July 10 (wind speed was expected to reach 18 m/s). However, during interrogations, crew members stated that “at the time of the maneuver and capsizing of the ship, the weather conditions sharply worsened and a squally wind blew.” The open lower portholes could also contribute to the flooding of water into the hold.

Interrogations of the rescued passengers and crew members were carried out regarding the circumstances of the incident, documentation was seized from the operator (sublessee) of the vessel - ArgoRechTur LLC, as well as from the owner of the vessel - OJSC Shipping Company "Kama River Shipping Company" and the lessee of the vessel - LLC Breeze. The investigation of the scene of the incident continues. The divers' work is complicated by strong currents, bad weather conditions and fuel leaking from the vessel's hull.

As of 11 a.m. on July 11, 12 people died as a result of the accident on the Bulgaria ship, including three men, one girl and the rest women. 80 people were saved.

Eight passengers from the sunken ship continue to be treated in hospitals in Tatarstan. The oldest patient is 61 years old, the youngest is 25 years old. At these moments, a council of doctors begins work in the trauma department of the Russian Clinical Hospital, monitoring the condition of the six rescued from the Bulgaria.

Five more victims were released home after examination at night. Trying to get out of the sinking ship, people received bruises and cut wounds. However, their psychological injuries are more serious than physical ones, doctors say.

All those hospitalized at the Republican Clinical Hospital are residents of Tatarstan, but 61-year-old passenger from Volgograd Nina Chesnokova is now being treated at Emergency Hospital No. 1. According to the Republic's Ministry of Health, her condition is satisfactory.

One corpse was identified at the Republican Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan. This is Ziyatdinova G.R., born in 1985. It is expected that in the near future 6 more corpses will be delivered to the bureau and identification will be made.

The morgue of the Republican Bureau of Forensic Medicine in Kazan is about to begin receiving the bodies of the first victims from the sunken Bulgaria.

The Privolzhsky Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case on the fact of the accident, a criminal case has been opened under Part 2 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of railway, air and maritime transport).

The list of those killed on the ship "Bulgaria" has increased to 9 people.

“They recovered the bodies of two men, one child, five women, plus one woman discovered yesterday. There are nine people in total,” said Marat Rakhmatullin, head of the information department of the federal fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Three women and three children and one more crew member were added to the list of unregistered passengers, whose relatives called the phone hotline.

According to the operational headquarters of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan and according to the latest data received on the hotline from relatives of those passengers who were on the ship at the time of the accident, there were initially 199 people on the ship, of which 148 were passengers traveling on the ship on vouchers .

50 passengers were rescued, 23 people were rescued out of 33 crew members, and 6 people were rescued out of 18 unregistered passengers.

As of 8 a.m. on July 11, the death toll had increased to 8 people. At the same time, three women and three children and another crew member were added to the lists of unregistered passengers, whose relatives called the hotline.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, divers from “Tsentrospas” and the “Leader” Center in the disaster zone brought the corpse of another woman to the surface. In total, 6 people are currently among the dead. Let us remind you that 80 people were rescued and 101 people are considered missing.

At 6:00 a.m., the lists of those rescued were replenished with citizens who were on board at the time of the shipwreck, but were not registered.

At 5.20 a.m., a boat with divers "Tsentrospas" and "Leader" sailed from the shore to the disaster area to retrieve the bodies of the victims from the sunken ship "Bulgaria" to the surface.

At 5.55 a plane from Krasnodar arrived at Kazan airport with 12 divers and two underwater video surveillance systems. The assistance of 9 rescuers from Ufa and a mobile diving complex with a pressure chamber are also expected.

Five people are considered dead during the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria". Throughout the night and morning of July 11, 307 people and 73 pieces of equipment were working at the emergency site, including 234 personnel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tajikistan and 37 pieces of equipment. In 4 hours, 80 people were saved, of which one was injured in the hospital, two reached Kazan on a meteor and the rest on the Arabella ship, three died and 103 were missing.

A plane arrived from Moscow with rescuers “Tsentrospas” - 17 people and “Leader” - 16 people.

The motor ship "Arabella" arrived at the river port of Kazan with those rescued on board. Psychologists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan are working with relatives and rescued people at the river port.

16.58

Vesti reports that 169 people were saved. The news is still posted on the website:
Link: www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=504460

A rescue operation is underway in the waters of the Kuibyshev Reservoir.

As of 4:00 p.m., 85 people out of 188 on board were rescued from the ship, including 150 passengers and 38 personnel. They are transported to Kazan on a 3-deck ship "Arabella", on a meteor. The motor ship OM-249 also left Kazan. One victim was taken to district hospital Bulgar, one woman drowned.

The Central Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan received a message from the traffic controller of the Kazan waterway from the captain of a passing ship that near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinsky municipal district The pleasure boat "Bulgaria" suffered a disaster and sank, with, according to preliminary data, 22 people on board. The motor ship "Bulgaria" was en route from the city of Bolgar to Kazan.

The moment of disaster. The ship tilted to starboard, took on water and sank in 3 minutes. Many passengers were unable to get out of their cabins. Almost all the children were gathered for a children's party in the aft cabin.

According to the newspaper “Evening Kazan”: “According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the shipwreck was a strong storm, as a result of which the ship tilted and went under water literally in 3 minutes. Before the disaster there was heavy rain, but big waves did not have ".

The LifeNews video, which reconstructs the events of the disaster, incorrectly shows that “Bulgaria” did not reach Bolgar. In fact, the ship sank on the way back from Bolgar to Kazan.

"Bulgaria" departed on the return flight from Bolgar to Kazan.

Message on the website of the tour operator company selling vouchers for the voyage of the motor ship "Bulgar":

“LLC “IntourVolga” regrets to announce that flights on the mv “Bulgaria” during the 2011 navigation season will not take place due to the ship’s accident.”

Currently, the message has been deleted from the site, but the cache of the Google Internet search engine has saved it in memory: (see illustration)

According to the schedule, it is at this time that the motor ship "Bulgaria" went from Kazan to Bolgar.

At 16.15 at the Central Control Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan from the Department of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring environment a storm warning was received about a dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the following content: “In the next hour, continuing on the evening of July 9, at night of July 10, 2011, thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, squally winds of 22 - 27 m/s, and large hail are expected in places in the Republic of Tatarstan and in Kazan. Due to worsening weather conditions, please refrain from traveling."

The main news on the Vechernyaya Kazan website: “The motor ship from Perm yesterday circled around the river port for about 40 minutes and did not dock. This delay was not explained to passengers in any way.”

“They didn’t explain anything to us,” says one of those who was on the ship, Galina. - All the people were tired from the road, it was stuffy and they wanted to get home quickly. They said something was broken. But there was no announcement."

The Kazan River Port information desk refused to comment on the situation.”

“The old galosh, pompously called “Bulgaria”, according to all the rules, should not be allowed for passenger transportation at all. On July 3, he was returning from a cruise flight on the route Kazan - Perm - Kazan. During the flight the engine stalled three times. The last time was a hundred meters before the quay wall of the Kazan port. When the engine was turned off, the power supply system was de-energized. So, even the radio communication did not work (the question is, where are the emergency batteries?!).

Heading into this ill-fated flight was delayed for a week until they collected money for the vouchers in order to patch up technical flaws with them.

As a result, there was not enough money to feed tourists. There wasn't even enough bread. While the ship was standing in the lock of the hydroelectric power station (Tchaikovsky), the crew’s sailors were running for bread. On board as drinking water passengers drank outboard Volga (Kama) beer.

The speed of movement of this old galosh turned out to be such that every time she was several hours late in arriving at the port. Because of this, excursions were reduced or even cancelled. But the owners of this vessel, not wanting to lose their profits, have already sold tickets for the next voyage. In order to return to the port of Kazan on time, the planned and promised excursions to passengers in Tchaikovsky, Sarapul, and green parking were cancelled. Despite the fact that the passengers on this flight were disabled people and pensioners - people who had been saving money for this trip all year. They asked the captain (who, by the way, never came out to the public during the entire voyage) not to deprive them of the promised excursions. But he was adamant and carried out the will of the huckster-hostess, making up for being late.

100 meters before the pier the engine stalled again. So we had to supply power from the tug to raise the anchor. And with two tugboats put Bulgaria against the quay wall. You cannot offend innocent people and profit at their expense, receiving money for services not provided and very unobtrusive “service”!”

The ship was inspected on June 15, 2011 and was found technically fit, according to the Ministry of Transport.

According to some data, in 2003-2009. the ship was not in use at all. According to others, after re-equipment in 2007, the diesel-electric ship began operating tourist flights from Kazan.

Based on materials from the newspaper “Evening Kazan”, TV channel Vesti.Ru, websites of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, news agencies, messages on Twitter and Livejournal, we prepared:

Yulia Chernenko

Evgeny Starshov

Motor ship "BULGARIA"- diesel-electric ship of the second series of Project 785. Former name - "UKRAINE", renamed in February 2010 in honor of Volga Bulgaria - ancient state on the territory of modern Tatarstan. The original designation is Osobna Lod 800 (OL800). Project 785 motor ships are diesel-electric ships with a power of 800 hp.

Motor ship "BULGARIA"- double deck passenger ships with cabins for 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 passengers. Some cabins were equipped with washbasins. The ships had two restaurants and two salons.
Diesel-electric ship "BULGARIA" was built in 1955 at the Národný Podnik Škoda Komárno shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia.

Until 1962, the ship belonged to the Volga Shipping Company (home port - Gorky), then it was transferred to the Kama River Shipping Company. Home port - Perm.

In 2011, the ship was rented to Breeze LLC. In June 2011, the ship was subleased to Argorechtur LLC from Kazan. In recent years, the Kazan company InturVolga has been selling tickets for cruises on the ship for various tour operators.

The motor ship sailed along the reservoirs and large lakes of the Volga River basin (including the Kama), performing tourist (pleasure) voyages.

Motor ship "UKRAINE" took part in the events at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. 13 ships were used as floating hotels for liquidators and sarcophagus builders above the emergency station. After the completion of the work, some of the ships were scuttled at their moorings in the Dnieper, the least contaminated ships (including the UKRAINE (BULGARIA)) were returned to service.

On the night of September 4-5, 2008, while on the passenger dock, motor ship "UKRAINE" went beyond its border and ran aground with the entire hull near the river port of Kazan. After 2 hours, a called push tug refloated the vessel, and it returned safely to the river port.

July 10, 2011 around 1:58 pm for a few minutes motor ship "Bulgaria" completely sank at a depth of about 18 meters. The crash occurred 3 kilometers from the right bank of the Volga, near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinsky district of Tatarstan.

Technical characteristics of the motor ship "BULGARIA" ("UKRAINE")

Length

80 .2 m

Width

14 m

Draft

1.9 m

Number of decks

2

Travel speed

20.5 km/h

Passenger capacity

140 people

Maximum passenger capacity 233 people
engine's type 6NVD48 diesel four-stroke non-compressor reversible

Number of engines

2

Engine power

800 hp ( 273 kW)

River register class

ABOUT

Photos motor ship "BULGARIA" ("UKRAINE")

The disaster occurred during a two-day “weekend cruise” on the route Kazan - Bolgar - Kazan.
Motor ship "BULGARIA" went on this voyage with one faulty engine and a list of about 5 degrees to starboard.

When bad weather conditions(there was a downpour and a squally wind blew), while maneuvering and entering the main channel, the ship tilted even more to the starboard side. Flooding of decks and interior spaces occurred.

The rapid flooding of the vessel is associated with a design feature - the lack of watertight bulkheads in the hull, wear and technical faults, which Last year frequently observed by passengers.

It was not possible to lower the boats from the ship in distress; only 2 inflatable rafts were used. Of the 201 passengers on board (including 25 unregistered and about 50 children) and crew members, 79 people were rescued by the Arabella.

Team motor ship "BULGARIA" did not send a distress signal. This could be due to an electrical failure. It can be assumed that the disaster occurred due to the stoppage of the only working engine, as a result of which the crew could lose control of the ship and could not correct the growing list and its interior spaces filled with water, which led to flooding.

Captain motor ship "BULGARIA" A. Ostrovsky died, the body of the captain and his wife was found on July 12.

On July 12, 2011, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements”) against the lessee of the vessel, the head of the Argorechtur company, Svetlana Inyakina, as well as the senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian river register, Yakov Ivashov.

After the disaster, two ships passed by - the Danube-66 and the Arbat. Criminal cases were opened against their captains under Art. 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Failure by the captain of a ship to provide assistance to those in distress”). At the same time, it is hardly worth saying that the captains of these ships knew about the shipwreck and deliberately did not provide the assistance that the victims needed.

On July 12, the date for the lifting of the ship was set - July 16, 2011. The rise date was later moved to July 18 at 10 a.m. As a result, “BULGARIA” was raised only on July 23, 2011. The deadlines were delayed due to the enormous technical difficulties encountered in solving this engineering problem. The motor ship got stuck in the silt, there was rough water in the water area, the bottom had to be leveled to install the BULGARIA on an even keel. The ship was raised to the level of the upper deck, after which water, sand and silt began to be pumped out from the side of the ship, which significantly increased the weight of the ship.

Photo by RIA Novosti, Valery Melnikov.

The BULGARIA disaster was the largest since the wreck of the motor ship ALEXANDER SUVOROV in Ulyanovsk, 50 kilometers away south of the place the death of "BULGARIA".

After the ship was lifted, it was placed on a floating dock, in which it was to be delivered to the shore. On July 28, while loading the BULGARIA into a floating dock, the ship collapsed from a three-meter height onto the dock deck. This could have happened due to inaccurate calculations by the leaders of the operation to move the vessel. In addition, the ship was moving with a list. Having fallen on the starboard side, the ship received damage to this side, which probably complicated the examination of the causes of the accident.

On August 15, 2011, the Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport completed its investigation into the accident of the diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria". The commission's report is below.

The commission came to the conclusion that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors: failure by the shipowner and captain of the vessel to comply with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of the voyage, during which the safety of the vessel’s navigation was not ensured, as well as low qualifications and indiscipline of the crew members vessel.

The immediate cause of the ship's flooding was a significant decrease in its stability in stormy conditions as a result of seawater entering the ship's premises through open side windows and the formation of a free surface of water in the compartments below the main deck, which led to a significant list of the ship to starboard and subsequent flooding of the ship due to further entry of a large volume of sea water into the ship’s hull from the starboard side through the main deck.

During the investigation, it was established that on July 10, 2011 at 11:15, the captain of the d/e "Bulgaria", despite the current storm warning for wind strength and visibility on the Kuibyshev reservoir (wind gusts up to 20 m/s), did not set notifying the nearest dispatcher about the upcoming voyage, he decided to move the vessel from the pier. Bulgarians in Kazan.

Before entering reservoirs on inland water navigation vessels, all portholes and hatch covers below the main deck, including in passenger cabins, must be sealed. However, the crew of the Bulgaria ship ignored this safety requirement and also did not ensure control over its implementation in the passenger cabins. During the inspection of the sunken ship by divers, it was recorded that 27 portholes were open on the left side of the diesel-electric ship, and 11 portholes on the right side.

When the vessel was moving, a list to starboard of about 4 degrees was observed. During the subsequent inspection of the damaged vessel at the dock, four holes were discovered in the vessel's hull on the starboard side, at the location of the wastewater collection tank, with a total area of ​​44 square meters. cm.

At about 12:25 on July 10, 2011, the ship was hit by a strong gust of wind from the port side, and a heavy downpour and thunderstorm began. At this moment, the ship "Bulgaria" was entering a left turn at the axial turning buoy No. 82, for which the ship's rudders were turned to the left by 5 degrees. It should be noted that when the rudders are shifted to the left, all ships acquire an additional dynamic roll to starboard. The commission assumes that after the start of the turn, a wind squall hit the left side of the vessel at an angle close to straight. Due to the impact of squally winds on the entire port side, the ship tilted even more to starboard. The roll angle to starboard was 9 degrees. With such a list, the starboard portholes entered the water, as a result of which about 50 tons of sea water entered the ship’s compartments in 1 minute through the open portholes. To reduce the area of ​​influence of the wind on the left side, the captain decided to head “towards the wind”, for which the rudders were placed 15° to the left, as a result of which the ship tilted even more to the right side. As a result of the addition of the existing static list to the starboard side, the inertial forces arising when the ship makes a turn, the pressure caused by the action of the wind on the port side, as well as the influence of waves and rolling of the vessel, an additional heeling moment arose, which formed a list of 13° to the starboard side. At the same time, the total amount of water entering the ship’s compartments reached 125 tons per minute. As a result, all the portholes and part of the main deck on the starboard side were submerged in water. Water began to flow intensively into the interior of the vessel through open portholes, splash doors and entrance hatches on the main deck. Over the next 5-7 seconds, there was a sharp increase in the list from 15 to 20 degrees, as a result of which the ship capsized to starboard and sank.
The commission concluded that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors:
1. Failure by the shipowner and captain of the vessel to comply with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of a voyage, during which the safe navigation of the vessel was not ensured. Thus, the shipowner and captain of the vessel deliberately violated the restrictions of the Russian River Register for vessels of this project, prohibiting their operation:
- with malfunctions of ship mechanisms (the left main diesel generator on the ship has not been working since July 8, 2011);
- with damage to the case (presence of four holes).
- with a wind force of more than 7 points (13.5 – 17.4 m/sec) in which the requirements of “Information on the stability and unsinkability of the vessel” were not met. The wind force at the time of the accident was 20 m/sec. (very strong wind, storm) with gusts reaching even greater values;
2. Low qualifications and lack of discipline of the ship’s crew members, expressed in:
- failure to take the necessary safety measures when the vessel enters the reservoir and upon receiving a storm warning. The ship's port and starboard portholes were not closed, including in the engine room, where only crew members were on watch;
- unauthorized shutdown of the starboard main diesel generator by the senior mechanic, without receiving a command from the bridge;
- failure of ship machinery due to non-compliance with the Technical Operation Rules;
- non-compliance with generally accepted techniques and methods of steering a vessel. The left turn maneuver was carried out without taking into account: the stability features of the vessel, the already existing list of 4° to starboard; an additional roll to starboard caused by centrifugal force during circulation to the left; a strong wind blowing on the left side and a large sail of the ship;
- in violation by the captain of the vessel of the requirements of paragraphs 15 and 16 of the Procedure for dispatch control of vessel traffic on inland waterways of the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated March 1, 2010 No. 47 “On approval of the procedure for dispatch control of vessel traffic on inland waterways of the Russian Federation” ( the captain did not inform the dispatcher and did not receive dispatch permission for the vessel to move).
Specialists from Rostransnadzor, representatives of scientific organizations (Central Research Institute of the Marine Fleet), classification societies (Russian River Register) took part in the work of the Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport. The Commission also took into account the opinions of independent experts from among veteran navigators and ship mechanics of the river fleet, representatives of public organizations (Association of Shipping Companies, Union of Russian Shipowners), other individuals and organizations.
The investigation materials will be sent to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation in accordance with the established procedure.
Rostransnadzor is conducting its own investigation into the actions and degree of responsibility of agency officials.

Seven years ago, the passenger ship "Bulgaria" sank. People had about three minutes to get out huge ship, which was rapidly disappearing under the water.

On July 10, 2011, the double-deck passenger motor ship "Bulgaria" was cruising on the route Kazan - Bolgar - Kazan and sank on the way back. Due to overload, unprofessional crew and poor technical condition of the ship, 122 people died, including 28 minors. The disaster became the largest on the Volga in terms of the number of victims in modern Russia.

Many traveled to Bulgaria with families or noisy groups. Those who survived still blame themselves that the others could not be saved, even if it was physically impossible.

She was pregnant

Evgeniy and got married on June 25, 2011, and a couple of weeks later they went on a trip. The young people knew that Leysan was 15 weeks pregnant and were choosing a name for the unborn child. The girl knew that a son would be born, but she didn’t dare say it yet - she still wanted to make it a surprise.

The young people dated for exactly a year and lived together for six months. They loved each other so much that those around them said that they were like brother and sister - similar in appearance and character. They even had the same middle names - Aidarovich and Aydarovna.

There wasn’t much money; Zhenya only recently got a job to provide for his family. We decided that we would take a short cruise on a motor ship - we should please ourselves. Yes, and we went with friends.

On the morning of July 9, Zhenya and Leysan flew headlong to the river port: they were sure that the ship would leave the pier at 9:00. Already on the spot we remembered that there were still 12 hours before departure - “Bulgaria” started from Kazan in the evening. Well, what can we do? I had to go back. Turning back before the road is considered a bad omen, but who thinks about this at 20 years old?

And here it is - evening. A number of ships lined up at the pier. They all stood proudly, straight and amazed with some article or something. "Bulgaria" perched at a distance from them. She seemed to be luring people in, leaning “friendly” to the right. All the passengers noticed the tilt, although no one paid any attention to it: well, it’s unpleasant, but not critical?!

We barely reached the Bolgars. The passengers did not particularly complain: many of them were children who had little idea of ​​what a ship should look like. The others thought it was just an "inconvenience" and continued to have fun. The rain and storm, of course, were annoying, but what can you do, it happens. In the end, no one was waiting for a VIP ship for a thousand, well, a maximum of 3.5 thousand rubles paid for the trip.

On the morning of July 10, everyone was dropped off in Bolgari and sent on an excursion. The tourists were damn tired - it was stuffy, there was a lot of walking, and many of them had a pretty fun evening. Therefore, upon returning on board, many simply collapsed to rest.

Evgeniy was no exception, and Leysan went for a walk on the deck. She was one of the first to see the ship fall on its side and fill with water. The girl rushed into the cabin and woke up her sleeping husband. The newlyweds grabbed hands and ran upstairs. We ran along the corridor in knee-deep water, getting to the door leading to salvation, when suddenly the ship rocked and water flooded everything around.

Leysan suddenly disappeared in the stream, she simply slipped out of my hands. “I couldn’t hold her back,” Evgeniy told Life.

The young man immediately rushed after his wife: he began diving in the pitch darkness in search of his wife. I came across some furniture, someone’s things, and then suddenly... a person. He grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him out - a child, about seven years old. Pushed to the exit. Once again - maybe now Leysan?! But the pensioner looked at Zhenya. Tereshin saved two lives. But his relatives - his wife and unborn son - remained at the bottom of the Volga.

The guy himself was blown out of an underwater grave by an airlock. A few minutes later, the passengers were picked up by the Arabella. When they got off it, both his and his wife’s relatives were already standing on the shore. The young man was taken to the hospital. Two weeks on IVs, working with a psychologist from Moscow, incessant nightmares in my sleep. The latter, however, have seen each other for more than one year.

The wife was buried in her mother’s homeland in the village of Apastovo. Zhenya couldn’t imagine what to do. Commit suicide? Go and destroy to hell the office of the travel agency that sold the trips, knowing that the ship could sink? Both his parents and his wives protected him all the time.

Once Leysan dreamed of her mother and instructed her: “Keep an eye on him there, take care of him,” Evgeniy recalled.

He said more than once that, if only he had time, he would try to tell Leysan how much he loved her as many times as possible.

Be late. Just be late

By the age of twenty-three, the girl graduated from the Kazan Cooperative Institute, worked in stores, in production, and managed to sew and knit for herself and others. She loved to swim. So a boat trip along her beloved Volga seemed like a wonderful vacation option for her.

Be late, well, be late." The girl arrived at River Station a few minutes before departure.

The ship somehow did not inspire confidence, but the guys, joking about the Titanic, moved on board. They tried not to pay attention to the fact that the ship was tilting: well, it’s true, what can you do here, it happens.

In Bolgar, the young people fell behind on the excursion and risked missing the boat, but they paid the taxi driver double the rate so as not to be late.

The girls were walking along the decks when they saw the ship begin to tilt too much. They rushed to the cabins, making their way through the streams of water gushing from the doors. The whole company rushed to the exit.

Albina grabbed the ladder, while holding her sister’s hand. Suddenly a powerful stream of water gushed out, causing the hands to come apart. A short cry that soon disappeared under the water.

Albina couldn’t even rush after her sister - she didn’t know how to swim. Ruslan looked for his beloved, but to no avail. Aigul never made it out. Albina and Ruslan managed to escape. Ruslan couldn’t speak for a long time afterwards, he just looked at the water, hoping that by some miracle his bride would be brought to shore alive.

Nothing is known about how and what Albina lives now. However, there is also little about Ruslan. Judging by his page on one of the social networks, in 2012 he began dating a girl and got married in 2014. And he's just trying to move on with his life.

Only one survived

Sirine Sharapova with her 11-year-old daughter Kamila and her husband Niyaz went on a short trip on the Bulgaria along with 37 other families of employees of the plant supplying construction materials to the Universiade. So the company decided to reward people who work hard before a sporting event.

The Sharapovs just had their vacation in Crimea canceled because Sirine simply didn’t have time to finish everything. Therefore, we decided to take a ride on the “Bulgaria” - at least something. In general, the 46-year-old mother of the family always thought of committing long journey on water. The whole family swam well.

Even if something happens, we will swim out,” she said confidently.

After 13 years together, Niyaz got used to his wife being always active. By boat, car, train - whatever. She just didn’t like to fly: she was afraid of crashing.

Life with her was never gray. Of course, it wasn’t without difficulties; they didn’t bring us anything on a silver platter. But Sirine was wise. The two of us could always sit down and discuss and decide everything, Niyaz later told Arguments and Facts.

He was involved in business, and it turned out that he could often leave work to pick up his daughter from dances or school. It was even possible to walk for a couple of hours and talk confidentially.

We walked and talked about everything in the world. She studied well. I finished the year with one B. “I danced and played the piano,” the man recalls.

The woman’s daughter from her first marriage, Guzel, later told how Kamila was called “the future president” in the family - the girl was extremely responsible. I did my homework or learned the next melody myself, without reminders. But this time I couldn’t take her anywhere on vacation or encourage her in any way. And then the wife calls and joyfully reports that they are going on a boat for the day to Bolgar.

Well, at least my daughter will get divorced, Niyaz thought then.

And my wife needed rest: Lately I constantly dreamed about deceased relatives. I could wake up several times during the night. The family thought it was because of nerves: I was very worried about work, I wanted everything to be done on time.

The thoughts that haunted the Sharapovs on the way to Bolgar: not a ship, but a complete disappointment, the food was meager, the atmosphere was very simple, the ship was tilting all the time. Okay, next time we can go on a normal one...

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Almaz Khairetdinov from Arsk was left without parents at the age of four due to the tragedy on the Volga. Only a year later did the family decide to tell the boy that Raila’s mother and Ainur’s father would never return.

Sleep well, mommy and daddy,” said the child, leaving the grave.

28-year-old Ainur and Raila, who is a year younger than him, went on vacation on the Bulgaria. They were invited on a two-day trip by Ainura’s sister Ilmira and her husband Albert Agliev. At first, the men thought of abandoning the idea altogether: there were no cabins with showers. But then, under the persuasion of their wives, they agreed.

They don’t remember anything special about the beginning of the trip: they didn’t pay much attention to the roll, and in the evening, like many others, they had dinner and danced. In the morning we walked around Bolgar. And upon returning we decided to stay in the cabin of our brother and his wife. The couple was already thinking about going home when they heard: “Everyone on the left side!”

The Aglievs rushed to their cabin, which is next door, behind rescue equipment. Then we rushed upstairs. Raila and Ainur were not in the corridor - they were probably already upstairs, the couple decided.

For some reason, the flow of water came from below - like a fountain. We jumped out onto the deck and swam. If it weren’t for my husband, I would not have emerged from the capsized ship,” admitted Ilmira, who could not swim well.

They escaped that disaster. But Almaz’s parents remained at the bottom of the Volga.

Raila's mother screamed in my face: “Why did you swim out, why did you come back if you didn’t save your brother?!” - Ilmira told MK later.

The common tragedy did not unite the family. The boy’s grandmothers, even at the wake, began to find out who would be the child’s guardian. He grew up with his father's relatives, but his maternal grandmother was not going to give up her grandson. It was impossible to somehow agree that he would be with both.

The court ultimately ruled in favor of the father's relatives. The boy still lives with them. And his aunt posts pictures on social networks - here are relatives gathered at a large table, here is Almaz during a performance of a group, apparently in folk dancing, here is a boy training.

All the children who were left orphans after the crash of the Bulgaria were taken under temporary guardianship: in eight cases they were taken by grandmothers, in one by an aunt.

The owner of the ship was the Kama River Shipping Company, and it was rented (chartered) by Agrorechtur, headed by Svetlana Inyakina. As the surviving crew members later claimed, it was Agrorechtur that gave the captain the order to release the ship from Bolgar, despite his fears. Otherwise, he could pay with his work and wallet. In July 2014, the head of the company received 9.5 years in prison for providing services that did not meet safety requirements.

In September 2015, the media reported that Inyakina was granted an amnesty in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, and her sentence was reduced by a third. Relatives of the crash victims called it a spit in the soul. In an interview back in 2012, she admitted that she wanted to continue working river boats. How will he be released?

The ship's chief mate, Ramil Khametov, was sentenced to 6.6 years in prison, but in 2015 the term was reduced to 4.7 years.

Gosmorrechnadzor officials Irek Timergazeev and Vladislav Semyonov were released in February of this year. Each of them was sentenced to more than five years in prison, but later the time spent in pre-trial detention was credited.

The Moscow court of Kazan sentenced the director of ArgoRechTour LLC Svetlana Inyakina, subtenant of the motor ship "Bulgaria", to 11 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. The defendant was found guilty under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Provision of services that do not meet security requirements”) and Art. 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of labor protection rules”). The court found that the sublessee of the motor ship "Bulgaria" did not ensure that the vessel was prepared for sailing, did not train the crew, and violated the rules for operating a river vessel. Also in this case, the senior mate of the vessel Ramil Khametov sentenced to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, and former employees of the Kazan linear department of the Volga Department of the State Marine and River Supervision Authority Irek Timergazeev And Vladislav Semenov received 6 and 5 years in a general regime colony, respectively.

July 10, 2011 near the village of Syukeevo, Kamsko-Ustinovsky district, Republic of Tatarstan, sank during a thunderstorm passenger airliner"Bulgaria". 122 people died in this disaster, including 28 children. The chronology of events is reminiscent of AiF.ru

July 9, 2011 The double-deck motor ship "Bulgaria" (designed in Czechoslovakia in 1955) left the port in Kazan on a two-day cruise. At that time, the vessel was listing to starboard and the starboard engine was not working. There were 201 people on board the ship, including 147 passengers. The route of the ship passed through the waters of the Kuibyshev Reservoir.

July 10, 2011“Bulgaria” started from the city of Bolgar back to Kazan. At about 13:30 Moscow time, at a distance of less than 3 km from the shore, the ship gave a strong list to the starboard side, as a result of which water rushed into the open portholes. The sinking of the ship happened very quickly. Less than 2 minutes later, "Bulgaria" turned over on its right side and sank. The crew members did not have time to send distress signals, as the radio room was immediately flooded. 79 people were able to get to the surface. The dry cargo ship Arbat and the barge Danube-66 passed by the wrecked liner, but, as the investigation found out, the captains of these ships did not stop to provide assistance to the victims. At about 2:30 p.m., the cruise ship Arabella approached the crash site, and its crew members began a rescue operation. The survivors were given first aid; the seriously injured were sent to a hospital in Kazan. Specialists from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, psychologists and rescuers from the Leader Center team arrived at the crash site. Diving work has begun in the flooded area.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of traffic safety rules and operation of railway, air and sea transport,” and a commission was created to investigate the circumstances of the disaster.

Raised "Bulgaria". Photo: AiF

July 11, 2011 investigative checks began on the owner and lessee of the vessel "Bulgaria" because, according to the Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office, a cruise ship did not have a license to transport passengers and went on a voyage in violation of the technical regulations for the operation of the vessel. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev gave orders to begin unscheduled total inspections of civilian passenger ships.

July 12, 2011 year was declared a day of mourning throughout Russia, funerals of the identified bodies of the dead began. In relation to the director of ArgoRechTour LLC, the subtenant of the ship Svetlana Inyakina and expert of the Kama branch of the Russian River Register Yakova Ivashova, who issued permission to operate the Bulgaria, a criminal case was initiated. In addition, it was determined cargo ships, who did not provide assistance to the distressed “Bulgaria”.

July 13, 2011 Diving work continued at the site where the ship sank. Suspects Inyakina and Ivashov were temporarily detained in a pre-trial detention center at the request of senior investigator Sergei Chernyshov.

July 15, 2011 The search work of divers on the sunken ship ended, 114 bodies of the dead were discovered, of which 20 were men, 66 women and 28 children. Search work continued downstream of the Volga River. Preparatory work has begun to raise the Bulgaria. A criminal case was opened against the captains of two ships who did not provide assistance to the victims, Alexander Egorov (the ship “Dunaysky-66”) and Yuri Tuchin (the ship “Arbat”) under Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

16 - July 21, 2011 Work was underway to raise the sunken ship. The crew of the ship "Arabella" and employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations were awarded medals "For the Commonwealth in the Name of Rescue."

22 - July 25, 2011 Inyakina and Ivashov were preliminary charged with committing a crime under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The Bulgaria's hull was partially raised above the water level. There were difficulties with sealing and pumping water from the ship, and it was decided to tow the ship aground to the Kirelsky backwater. After towing and work on the ship, 8 more bodies were discovered, those who were previously considered missing. The search work ended, as all those killed on the ship were found and identified.

August 9, 2011Arbitration court The Republic of Tatarstan found ArgoRechTour LLC guilty of committing an administrative offense under Article 14.1 of the Administrative Code (“Carrying out business activities in the field of transport without a license”) and imposed a fine of 50,000 rubles.

August 15, 2011 The results of an investigation into the circumstances of the shipwreck were published on the Rostransnadzor website. The main reasons were identified as a technical malfunction of the vessel, violations of safety rules by the shipowner and captain of the liner, low qualifications and negligence of crew members.

August 16, 2011 Investigative authorities detained the head of the Kazan department of Rostransnadzor, Irek Timergazeev, and the chief inspector of the department, Vladislav Semyonov, on suspicion of criminal negligence - they gave a positive conclusion about the readiness of the Bulgaria vessel to transport passengers. The next day, the suspects were taken into custody and charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

November 21, 2011 In the Kama-Ustinsky Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, hearings began in the case against the captain of the dry cargo ship "Arbat" Yuri Tuchin. On December 26, the court ruled to find Tuchin guilty and pay a fine of 130,000 rubles.

December 6, 2011 Hearings were held in the case against the captain of the Danube-66 vessel, Alexander Egorov, but it was decided to move the trial to Kazan, where most of the victims and witnesses lived.

February 28, 2012 The captain of the ship "Dunaysky-66" was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of 190,000 rubles.

May 11, 2012 The Russian Investigative Committee announced the completion of the investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Bulgaria. It became known that the senior mate of the ship's captain, Ramil Khametov, was brought to criminal responsibility. Svetlana Inyakina was charged with providing services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers, violating safety rules for the operation of inland water transport and violating labor protection rules. Yakov Ivashov was charged with illegally issuing official documents that allowed “Bulgaria” to carry out passenger transportation, and abuse of official powers. Ramil Khametov was accused of violating traffic safety rules and operating water transport, and Irek Timergazeev and Vladislav Semyonov were accused of abuse of power.

January 11, 2013 investigators stated that the case is about the crash of the Bulgaria in the Republic of Tatarstan in February 2013. The materials of the criminal case amounted to more than 80 volumes.

February 11, 2013 in relation to the assistant captain of the Bulgaria, the director of ArgoRechTur LLC, an expert of the Russian River Register and employees of Rostransnadzor.

May 6, 2013 at 10:00 Moscow time Moskovsky District Court in Kazan. During the hearing, the judge granted the petition of Semenov and Timergazeev due to the fact that the defendants needed additional time to familiarize themselves with the case materials.

Meeting May 27, 2013 was delayed, the consideration was postponed to the next day. On May 28, the indictment against Yakov Ivashov was read out, and the meeting ended. Further consideration of the case was postponed, and a final ruling in the case has not yet been made.

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