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Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station

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and forced labour was extensively used. First turbines were started during the most difficult period of World War II, while thermal power plants suffered from lack of fuel. The station building was incomplete at that moment, and worked under tarp tent as a roof. Construction was continued after the
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The station covers peaks of electricity demand of central Russia. The reservoir is used for annual discharge regulation, boosting energy production on lower hydroelectric stations on the Volga. The reservoir is used for navigation ( it is the lowest stage of
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and Rybinsk hydroelectric stations were officially completed and formed "1st cascade of Mosenergo hydroelectric stations". At that moment station's installed power was 330 MW, it was second-biggest power producer in USSR, after
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with much less flood area, and preparations had been started. Later the project was reconsidered and the present site chosen. The
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Installed power is 386.4 MW, average annual production is 935 GWh. Power house has 6 generators with
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There are also plans of installing 2 new generating units, increasing installed power up to 505.6 MW.
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From 1998 to 2022 all generator units were replaced, increasing installed power by 56,4 MW.
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Initially the project of a dam in upper Volga considered a dam at 14 km up from
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Left-bank and right-bank dams on the Sheksna river, with total length of 6035 m.
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Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Yaroslavl Oblast
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Earth-fill dam on the Sheksna river, 470 m long and 35 m high
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Earth-fill dam on the Volga river, 524 m long and 27 m high
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August 1945 – December 1950 – the remaining 4 units were launched.
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November 18, 1941 – first turbine unit was put under load.
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August 15, 1942 – second turbine unit was put under load.
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town. It is the third of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams.
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Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union
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Construction began in 1935 and was completed in 1950.
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Single-lane, single-chamber lock on the Volga river
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