the ship had two vertical compound steam engines, each driving a four-bladed, manganese-bronze propeller. steam was provided by six cylindrical boilers at a pressure of . the engines produced during sea trials which gave the ship a maximum speed around . "vladimir monomakh" carried of coal which gave her an economical range of at a speed of . she was ship rigged with three masts and had a total sail area of . to reduce drag while under sail, her funnels were retractable.