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Collision of the ship «Alexander Suvorov» with a railway bridge, 1983. This tragedy is considered one of the largest in the history of shipping. “Alexander Suvorov” crashed at full speed under the non-navigational span of the Ulyanovsk bridge across the Volga. The upper part of the ship was demolished. At that time, a freight train was driving along the bridge. As a result of the breakdown of the bridge, 11 train cars went off the rails, some of them fell on the ship. It was there that the cinema hall for passengers was located, where at that time a film was shown. 176 people is the approximate number of victims.

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