Sinking of River Cruise Liner Bulgaria

Date: July 10, 2011 • Location: Chistopol’skiy Rayon, Russian Federation

The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm in Tatarstan on the Volga and sank in several minutes, resulting in 122 deaths.

Bulgaria was a class 785/OL800 Russian river cruise ship which operated in the Volga-Don basin. On 10 July 2011, Bulgaria sank in the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan, Russia, with 201 passengers and crew aboard when sailing from the town of Bolgar to the regional capital, Kazan. The catastrophe led to 122 confirmed deaths.