The most famous soviet cruise liner is Aleksandr Pushkin. She was built second in serie and she became the first soviet transatlantic liner.
Aleksandr Pushkin served at the regular route Leningrad - Southgamptom - Montreal. And all the time there were no free tickets to get onboard.
As Lermontov, Pushkin served on regular route till the end of 70-s, and then became a cruise ship
Ship changed her home port from Leningrad to Vladivostok and became one of the famous soviet cruise ships at Far East
Nowadays ship continue her service under the name Marco Polo. New owners totally rebuild her and made more comfortable and modern