There are no records in the shipyard archives that this ship was launched as TURKMENIJA - this detail would be most interesting to hear about. Maybe "planned as" TURKMENIJA?

Picture taken between 1961 and 1968, as she was renamed PRIAMURYE in 1968 (not in '88 as Grosstonnage wants us to believe). This is the ship that sadly burned at Osaka in 1988. More info from Miramar Ship Index here below:

IDNo: 5383029 Year: 1961
Name: VLADIVOSTOK Keel:
Type: Passenger ship Launch Date:
Flag: RUS Date of completion: 4.61

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Tons: 4722 Link: 1230
DWT: 1350 Yard No: 111
Length overall: 122.2 Ship Design:
LPP: 110.0 Country of build: DDR
Beam: 16.0 Builder: Mathias-Thesen
Material of build: Location of yard: Wismar
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 2D-17

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Naval or paramilitary marking :
A: *
End: 1988

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Subsequent History:
[L as TURKMENIYA] - 68 PRIAMURYE

Disposal Data:
fire Osaka 17.5.88 (11*) & BU Kaohsiung 26.8.88 [King Tung Chen Steel]