MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Thousands...

The tall ship’s arrival marked the end of the first stage of the International Trans-Atlantic Expedition, which started on April 19 as part of celebrations commemorating the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.

“The sailing ship will not stay in the port of Kaliningrad for long,” Tatyana Babushkina said. “In late September, the Kruzernshtern will take on board a new crew of naval cadets and set sail again, starting the second stage of the expedition,” she said.

During the first leg of her round-the-world voyage, the sailing ship traveled 13,700 nautical miles (25,400 kilometers, or more than half the length of the equator), including over 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) under sail.

Some 80,000 people went aboard the ship during her stops in 12 ports in Europe and North America, Babushkina said.

The Latin American stage of the voyage, scheduled to start on September 25 and last until April 2010, will be even longer

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