Zhigulevskaya Ges

Very cool impressions remain after visiting this place, the road passes right on top of the dam, wow and wow, it sounds in your head when you go by car, and there a powerful waterfall flows into the river under you and the sea flies in different directions .... .a there on the horizon Zhiguli mountains ... well, a very atmospheric sight !!!!

There is an erroneous opinion that hydroelectric power plants are “pure” sources of gratuitous electricity, in this case this is partly the cause of an irreparable environmental disaster for the river and the city, namely, flooded fertile fields, a change in the local climate, and the almost complete destruction of Stavropol-on-Volga, which was flooded in during the filling of the Zhigulevskoe reservoir, the disappearance of the most valuable fish species and, like “cherry on the cake”, induced seismic activity in the immediate vicinity of the agglomeration with a population of 2.7 million people.

Worth, dear

A long bridge over the dam. It has a beautiful view of the Zhiguli Mountains. Despite the fact that many times overloaded it, the Volga can not admire the mountains. It is very bad that there are no observation platforms on the dam or next.

Installed capacity - 2330.5 MW. Where it is located - it stands on the Volga near the city of Tolyatti (Samara Region). Start of construction - 1951. It was commissioned in 1957. TTX dam: height - 52 meters, length - 3780 meters. The main consumer is the Combined Energy Systems of the Center, the Urals and the Middle Volga. Owner - JSC RusHydro.