Up the Ob, they dispatched two powerful tugboats and sent them right up to the riverbank, where there were tied with ropes to the shore, facing the ships away from the land. Then they set their engines on full throttle.
По Оби подогнали вплотную к песчаному обрыву два мощных буксира, привязали их тросами к берегу, кормой к откосу, и включили двигатели на полную мощность.