in april and may 1935, the soviet union purchased ships in the netherlands for the sea fleet of "dalstroy". eduard berzin arrived in amsterdam to see and check two purchased steamers "brielle" and "almelo", which were renamed «джурма» и «яго́да» (later renamed «дальстрой»), and to hasten the purchase of the third ship "batoe", which was renamed «кулу». «ягода» was a sister ship of «джурма» and «ягода» was the first purchased ship. «кулу» was another class ship and was also purchased in 1935. the third ship was transferred to the soviet flag under the name "djurma" and registered with a home port of nogaevo. "djurma" or "dzhurma" translates as "shining path" in the language of the evenks from the kolyma region.