Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov (1875–1936) was a
Russian
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Soviet
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engineer
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who played a significant role in the modernization of the
Soviet Union
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.
Early life
Alexandrov participated in developing the
GOELRO plan
GOELRO (russian: link=no, ГОЭЛРО) was the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviatio ...
, and was responsible for the
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ( uk, ДніпроГЕС, DniproHES; russian: ДнепроГЭС, DneproGES), also known as Dneprostroi Dam, in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, is the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper river. ...
.
[С. Кульчицький, Україна в системі загальносоюзного народногосподарського комплексу, ''Проблеми Історіїї України: факти, судження, пошуки'', №11, 2004, сс. 30-31]
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) In 1921 he headed the
Regionalisation Committee of
Gosplan
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( rus, Госплан, , ɡosˈpɫan),
was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of ...
.
From 1927 to 1930 he was the Head of the Department of Hydrology, Meteorology and Regulation of Flow at the
Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUEE -
:ru:Московский государственный университет природообустройства).
See also
*
GOELRO plan
GOELRO (russian: link=no, ГОЭЛРО) was the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviatio ...
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1875 births
1936 deaths
20th-century Russian engineers
Academicians of the VASKhNIL
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Economists from Moscow
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Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery