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 .