The largest electricity producer in Russia Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station is located in the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk Region. The main component of Irkutskenergo. In 2010, a trillion sq / h was developed at the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station, which is an absolute record on the Eurasian continent.
Hydroelectric Power Station
In the fall of 1954, it was decided to build a hydroelectric power station in Siberia, in the city of Bratsk. Rather, in the 50s. this settlement did not have the status of a city, it was a village. Soon, under the new year of 1955, work began on the construction of a gigantic powerful structure that was supposed to generate energy due to the power of water.
The construction of an important object was given to the beginning of Nizhneangargesstroy, renamed Bratskgesstroy. It is worth saying that at the same time as the construction of the hydroelectric station, the construction of a large plant begins. This allowed the village of Bratsk to acquire the status of a city of regional subordination.
Naturally, the construction of such an important state facility could not but gain wide resonance. Soviet youth with pleasure and enthusiasm went to the main construction site of the country, the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station was defined as the Komsomol construction site. Many remained there to live after the launch of the hydroelectric power station in 1967. Some received special awards for military labor.
It is interesting that for the first time in 1957 it was possible to block the right-bank part of the Angara. It took 8 hours, more than 200 excavators worked. An event of this magnitude was the first in the global energy industry.
The most difficult and dirty work was completed by the beginning of the 60s. The task of the engineers was the creation of an artificial reservoir. And they brilliantly dealt with her. In the summer of 1961, the filling of the reservoir began, soon the water level at the dam rose by 100 m. This was an undoubted success. A tradition has developed - fraternal newlyweds come to this dam on their wedding day.
