Russia-flagged, homeport Vladivostok, IMO 6901933 and call sign UNXG. Built by 3 May Shipbuilding Industry, Rijeka, Yugoslavia (nowadays Croatia) in 1968. Of the Far Eastern Shipping Co. Renamed United Pioneer in 1992. Part of the Pula-class first series consisting of the Pula, Dmitry Gulia, Nazym Khikmet, Arkady Gajdar, Alexandr Grin, Musa Dzhalilj, Demian Bednyi, Alexandr Gertsen, Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolav Ogarev, Nikolay Gogolj, Nikolay Dobroljubov, Anton Chekhov, Novikov-Priboy and Aleksandr Serafimovich. The second series consisted of the Dubrovnik, Alexandr Blok, Sergey Yesenin, Vladimir Maykovskiy, Suleyman Stalskiy, Gavrill Derzhavin, Vladimir Korolenko, Ivan Kotlyarevskiy, Konstantin Paustovskiy and Gamzat Tsadasa.
General technical characteristics. Two-deck and two island, full-scantling and with a closed shelter deck. Deadweight cargo capacity 11.717 tons, deadweight 14.340 tons, gross tonnage 10.401 tons, net tonnage 5.213 tons and as dimensions 148,38 (between perpendiculars)-159,42 (over all) x 21,24 (moulded) x 12,65 (depth to main deck) x 26,30 (height of mast acorn above main deck) x 1,10 (fore light)/9,40 (fore loaded)-3,47 (mean light)-9,72 (mean loaded|)-5,85 (light aft)/10,08 (aft loaded) metres. Speed 18,00 (full load)-20,48 (in ballast). Total bale cargo capacity 20.369 cubic metres and grain cargo capacity 22.276 cubic metres. For handling cargo were 12-5 tons derricks available, she lacked the 2-60 ton derricks of some of her sister ships.
