Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov (1875–1936) was a

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who played a significant role in the modernization of the

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Early life

Alexandrov participated in developing the

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, 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

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. 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).

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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 Economic geographers Economists from Moscow Engineers from Moscow Russian geographers Soviet economists Soviet engineers {{Soviet-bio-stub Soviet geographers Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery

Early life

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