Rybinsk HPS

The design of the Rybinsk HPS began in the early 1930s, and in 1935 the construction of the dam began. The builders simultaneously erected the Uglich hydroelectric power station and the Rybinsk hydroelectric power station 90 kilometers from each other. They were the first of the Volga cascade of 11 hydroelectric power stations. The powerful HPS of this cascade became a symbol of the industrialization of the Soviet Union in the 1930s.