Flowers are placed in memory of victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, at the port of Kazan July 11, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

MOSCOW - A total of 122 bodies of victims killed in Volga ship tragedy have been found, local regional emergencies department told Itar-Tass on Monday.

"As of now, the death of 122 people has been officially registered," a spokesman of the department was quoted as saying.

The 65-year-old Bulgaria cruise boat carrying 201 passengers sank in Volga on July 10. Only 79 of passengers were rescued.