Hydroproject

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Hydroproject traces its history to the design departments of the <a href="/facts/Moscow_Canal/Ye1jJQth">Moscow Canal</a> Construction Project (the 1930s), and the Hydroelectrostroy Trust (Трест “Гидроэлектрострой”), which was formed on October 9, 1930, to coordinate the construction of hydroelectric dams in the USSR during its <a href="/facts/First_five-year_plan_(Soviet_Union)/mGYlwU8I">first five-year plan</a>. The first director of the Hydroelectroproject Trust, the successor of the Hydroelectrostroy Trust, between 1932 and 1936, was Vissarion Chichinadze, who was executed during the Great Purge.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The two organizations, after changing their names a number of times, were finally merged in 1962. Until 1950, they were within the ambit of the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs/3Vg405NT">USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs</a>; later, under the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Energy_(Soviet_Union)/jp6rgoqP">Ministry of Energy</a>.
</p><p>Some of the institute's regional branches, notably the one in <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a>, known as <a href="/facts/Lenhydroproject/zT3vFDbk">Lenhydroproject</a>, have an even longer history.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> In the 1990s, the institute operated as a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/RAO_UES/0fnehBv3">RAO UES</a>, Russia's national electricity company. In 2010 it became part of the <a href="/facts/RusHydro/bT9C7DRz">RusHydro</a> group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>
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<h2 id="major-projects">Major projects</h2>
<h3>In the USSR</h3>
<p>Dams:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<ul><li>Most of the hydro dams on the <a href="/facts/Volga_River/B96tkIJj">Volga</a> and <a href="/facts/Kama_River/GehtI5gx">Kama</a>; see <a href="/facts/Zhiguli_Hydroelectric_Station/KpUYXaDr">Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station</a> for a list.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Angara_River/NDdJR5Rb">Angara River</a> dams: <a href="/facts/Irkutsk_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/NYnP5Uz7">Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station</a>, <a href="/facts/Bratsk_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/dyL2F22d">Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station</a>, <a href="/facts/Ust-Ilimsk_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/XkQuzw1x">Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power Station</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yenisei_River/zac3FKDo">Yenisei River</a> dams: <a href="/facts/Krasnoyarsk_Dam/vfHV61g8">Krasnoyarsk Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Sayano-Shushenskaya_Dam/TQITjcL8">Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Inguri_Dam/t2fohtwD">Inguri Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nurek_Dam/Vz0BU91u">Nurek Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rogun_Dam/0peGS8gD">Rogun Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Tajikistan/xLLXqHEJ">Tajikistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Toktogul_Dam/YyGb2U9U">Toktogul Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Kyrgyzstan/MSNdCp8u">Kyrgyzstan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/P%25C4%25BCavi%25C5%2586as_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/pLay2p4P">Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station</a>, <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Riga_Hydroelectric_Power_Plant/B3HT71YT">Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant</a>, <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></li>
<li>Kruonis PSP, <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></li></ul>
<p>Canals:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Moscow_Canal/Ye1jJQth">Moscow Canal</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Volga%25E2%2580%2593Don_Canal/53SDwTIS">Volga–Don Canal</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Volga%25E2%2580%2593Baltic_Waterway/buJUMq8E">Volga–Baltic Waterway</a></li></ul>
<p>Nuclear Power Plants:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Kursk_Nuclear_Power_Plant/CIlCsuG7">Kursk Nuclear Power Plant</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Smolensk_Nuclear_Power_Plant/mTrgAkIs">Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant/CwU9t3Yk">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul>
<h3>Outside the USSR</h3>
<p>Dams:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Capanda_Dam/qAxzkHox">Capanda Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></li>
<li>Paraná Medio, <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a> (proposed)</li>
<li>Jenpeg Dam, the first stage of <a href="/facts/Nelson_River_Hydroelectric_Project/DslBQd3W">Nelson River Hydroelectric Project</a> in <a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sanmenxia_Dam/Ie0pPa7D">Sanmenxia Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Aswan_Dam/6S5TG0Wn">Aswan Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Melka_Wakena_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/qUhhpktS">Melka Wakena Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tehri_Dam/WowlFLYx">Tehri Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a></li>
<li>Al-Bagdadi Dam, <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Haditha_Dam/VLpfW5EE">Haditha Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dukan_Dam/zV2Nphwd">Dukan Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lim%25C3%25B3n_Dam/I5fpxBue">Limón Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Iron_Gate_I_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/NF0J9dEp">Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station</a> and <a href="/facts/Iron_Gate_II_Hydroelectric_Power_Station/orJNqoGt">Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station</a> on the <a href="/facts/Danube/8lMeM9xg">Danube</a>, <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a>–<a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tabqa_Dam/ck9TV0Qs">Tabqa Dam</a> (a.k.a. Euphrates Dam), <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tishrin_Dam/YD8myy6D">Tishrin Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yali_Falls_Dam/tahz4pp5">Yali Falls Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/H%25C3%25B2a_B%25C3%25ACnh_Dam/1hMC6ABj">Hòa Bình Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/S%25C6%25A1n_La_Dam/AbualhjJ">Sơn La Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lai_Ch%25C3%25A2u_Dam/KFr1dSe7">Lai Châu Dam</a>, <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.mhp.rushydro.ru/">Official website</a> (in Russian)</li></ul>
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<li>Russia portal</li><li>Energy portal</li><li>Companies portal</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Hydroproject website Archived 2008-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Russian) <a href="http://www.hydroproject.ru/eng/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.hydroproject.ru/eng/index.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Novozhenin, V.D. (2000). Istoriya Gidroproekta. 1930-2000. Moscow. pp. 384–389.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" target="_blank">/wiki/Template:Cite_book</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Н.В.Карпан. "Чернобыль. Месть мирного атома." Часть III стр. 279 - 309". accidont.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html" target="_blank">http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"История атомной энергетики Советского Союза и России. Вып. 4. Уроки аварии на Чернобыльской АЭС. — 2002 / Просмотр издания // Электронная библиотека /// История Росатома". Электронная библиотека /// История Росатома (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="https://elib.biblioatom.ru/text/istoriya-atomnoy-energetiki_v4_2002/" target="_blank">https://elib.biblioatom.ru/text/istoriya-atomnoy-energetiki_v4_2002/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Н.В.Карпан. "Чернобыль. Месть мирного атома." Часть III стр. 279 - 309". accidont.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html" target="_blank">http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>В. Д. Новоженин, ed. (2000). История Гидропроекта. 1930 — 2000 (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow. p. 47.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[permanent dead link] <a href="http://lib.hydropower.ru/books/doc_00029881.pdf" target="_blank">http://lib.hydropower.ru/books/doc_00029881.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Lenhydroproject - About the institute - Creation history Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.lhp.ru/e_about_history.html" target="_blank">http://www.lhp.ru/e_about_history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"RusHydro Group Acquires Hydroproject Research Center". Renewableenergyworld.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017. <a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2010/10/rushydro-group-acquires-hydroproject-research-center.html" target="_blank">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2010/10/rushydro-group-acquires-hydroproject-research-center.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>Dam list Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) <a href="http://www.hydroproject.ru/data/building/building_1_1.php" target="_blank">http://www.hydroproject.ru/data/building/building_1_1.php</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>"Н.В.Карпан. "Чернобыль. Месть мирного атома." Часть III стр. 279 - 309". accidont.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html" target="_blank">http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>"Н.В.Карпан. "Чернобыль. Месть мирного атома." Часть III стр. 279 - 309". accidont.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html" target="_blank">http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:12"><p>"Н.В.Карпан. "Чернобыль. Месть мирного атома." Часть III стр. 279 - 309". accidont.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html" target="_blank">http://accidont.ru/memo/Karpan_02.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:13"><p>"История атомной энергетики Советского Союза и России. Вып. 4. Уроки аварии на Чернобыльской АЭС. — 2002 / Просмотр издания // Электронная библиотека /// История Росатома". Электронная библиотека /// История Росатома (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-05. <a href="https://elib.biblioatom.ru/text/istoriya-atomnoy-energetiki_v4_2002/" target="_blank">https://elib.biblioatom.ru/text/istoriya-atomnoy-energetiki_v4_2002/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:14"><p>Objects abroad Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) <a href="http://www.hydroproject.ru/data/building/building_1_2.php" target="_blank">http://www.hydroproject.ru/data/building/building_1_2.php</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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