The ship was built by Slovenské Lodenice at their shipyard in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, and entered service in 1980.

At 4,050 tonnes,[4] Mikhail Frunze is one of the biggest river cruise ships currently in service with Vodohod.

Her sister ships are Valerian Kuybyshev, Fyodor Shalyapin, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Kuchkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Aleksandr Suvorov, Semyon Budyonnyy and Georgiy Zhukov.

The ship has two restaurants, two bars, solarium, sauna and resting area.

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