The Derzhava (Russian: Держава, English translation: independent, self-sufficient nation-state) was a royal yacht of the House of Romanov.

Her two steam engines, of local design and make, were rated at 720 horsepower, and enabled a maximum speed of 16.72 knots.

Originally, Mikeshin proposed installing a female allegory of Russia wielding armor and the orb, the abstraction of the concept of the ship's name, but in 1867 Alexander dismissed the proposal and instructed Mikeshin to shape the standard double-headed eagle.

[1] On 11 May 1874, Derzhava ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands when leaving that port for Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.

In 1888 she employed 238 men: 93 mechanics and stokers, 65 musicians, 15 choir singers, and others, not including the royal retinue of at least fifty.