Hydroproject (russian: Институт «Гидропроект», Gidroproekt) is a Russian hydrotechnical design firm. Based in Moscow, it has a number of branches around the country. Its main activities are design of dams, hydroelectric stations, canals,

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s, etc. Hydroproject and its predecessor institutions have designed most of the hydroelectric dams and irrigation and navigation canals that have been built in the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1930s. They have designed a number of high-profile projects abroad as well, from India to Egypt to Canada. The institute, under Sergey Yakolevich Zhuk's leadership, also researched the

Northern river reversal The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of C ...

's potential. Furthermore, it has been involved in realising nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union between 1969 and 1986.

History

Hydroproject traces its history to the design departments of the Moscow Canal 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 first five-year plan. The first director of the Hydroelectroproject Trust, the successor of the Hydroelectrostroy Trust, between 1932 and 1936, was

Vissarion Chichinadze Sergei Anatolyevitch Torop (russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич То́роп, ''Sergej Anatolʹevič Torop''; born 14 January 1961 in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR), known as Vissarion ( rus, Виссарио́н, p=vʲɪsərʲɪˈon, "He ...

, who was executed during the Great Purge. 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 USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs; later, under the Ministry of Energy. Some of the institute's regional branches, notably the one in Saint Petersburg, known as Lenhydroproject, have an even longer history. In the 1990s, the institute operated as a subsidiary of RAO UES, Russia's national electricity company. In 2010 it became part of the RusHydro group.

Major projects

In the USSR

Dams: * Most of the hydro dams on the Volga and Kama; see Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station for a list. * Angara River dams: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station,

Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station The Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station (also referred to as The ''50 years of Great October'' Dam) is a concrete gravity dam on the Angara River and adjacent hydroelectric power station. It is the second level of the Angara River hydroelectric ...

, Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power Station. * Yenisei River dams: Krasnoyarsk Dam, Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam * Inguri Dam, Georgia * Nurek Dam, Tajikistan * Rogun Dam, Tajikistan * Toktogul Dam, Kyrgyzstan *

Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station The Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station has the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics and one of the biggest in the European Union. It is located in Aizkraukle on the Daugava River. It has ten individual water turbines with an instal ...

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Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant Riga's Hydroelectric Power Plant ( lv, Rīgas hidroelektrostacija, shortened Rīgas HES) is located just beyond Riga's southern border. It is geographically located in the town of Salaspils. Total installed power generating capacity is 402 ...

, Latvia *

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Canals: * Moscow Canal * Volga–Don Canal * Volga–Baltic Waterway

Outside the USSR

Dams:Objects abroad
* Capanda Dam, Angola *

Paraná Medio Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city *Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province * Paraná, Buenos Aires, a settlement ...

, Argentina (proposed) * Jenpeg Dam, the first stage of

Nelson River Hydroelectric Project The Nelson River Hydroelectric Project refers to the construction of a series of dams and hydroelectric power plants on the Nelson River in Northern Manitoba, Canada. The project began to take shape in the late 1950s, with the planning and construc ...

in Manitoba, Canada * Sanmenxia Dam,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

* Aswan Dam, Egypt * Melka Wakena Dam, Ethiopia * Tehri Dam, India * Al-Bagdadi Dam, Iraq * Haditha Dam, Iraq * Dukan Dam, Iraq *

Limón Dam The Limón Dam, part of the Olmos Transandino Project, is an under construction multi-purpose concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Huancabamba River in northwestern Peru, located to the south of Guabal. When completed, the project will he ...

, Peru * Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station on the Danube, Romania– Serbia * Tabqa Dam (a.k.a. Euphrates Dam),

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

* Tishrin Dam,

Yali Falls Dam The Yali Falls Dam is the second largest dam in Vietnam, located in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces on the ''Krong Poko'', a tributary of the '' Sesan River'', in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, about upstream of the Cambodian border. The -high ...

, Vietnam * Hòa Bình Dam, Vietnam * Sơn La Dam, Vietnam * Lai Châu Dam, Vietnam

References

External links

Official website
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