Bratsk Reservoir
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Bratsk Reservoir is a reservoir on the Angara River
, located in Irkutsk Oblast
, Russia
. It is named after the city of Bratsk
, the largest city adjacent to the reservoir. It has a surface area of 5470 square kilometres (2,112 sq mi) and a maximum volume of 169.27 × 1012 litres (37.2 × 1012 gallons).
The concrete
dam of the Bratsk hydroelectric plant
was completed in 1967. It is 125 metres (410 ft) high and 4417 metres (14,491 ft) long. The Baikal Amur Mainline railroad runs along the top of the dam. At the time of its inauguration, the reservoir was the largest artificial lake in the world. Its electrical power capacity is 4,500 MW.
.
Much later (1976), the impact of the reservoir construction on the life of the villagers upstream, many of which had to be relocated from the flooded areas, or lost some the best lands of their collective farms, became the motive of Valentin Rasputin
's novel Farewell to Matyora.
Angara River
The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
, located in Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is named after the city of Bratsk
Bratsk
Bratsk is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Population: Although the name sounds like the Russian word for 'brother' , it actually comes from 'bratskiye lyudi', an old name for the Buryats.-History:The first Europeans in the area arrived...
, the largest city adjacent to the reservoir. It has a surface area of 5470 square kilometres (2,112 sq mi) and a maximum volume of 169.27 × 1012 litres (37.2 × 1012 gallons).
The concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
dam of the Bratsk hydroelectric plant
Bratsk hydroelectric plant
The Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station is a concrete gravity dam on the Angara River and adjacent hydroelectric power station. It is the second level of the Angara River hydroelectric stations cascade in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Located in Bratsk...
was completed in 1967. It is 125 metres (410 ft) high and 4417 metres (14,491 ft) long. The Baikal Amur Mainline railroad runs along the top of the dam. At the time of its inauguration, the reservoir was the largest artificial lake in the world. Its electrical power capacity is 4,500 MW.
In literature
The epic construction of the Bratsk Dam is the subject of a large eponymous poem by Yevgeny YevtushenkoYevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.-Early life:...
.
Much later (1976), the impact of the reservoir construction on the life of the villagers upstream, many of which had to be relocated from the flooded areas, or lost some the best lands of their collective farms, became the motive of Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin is a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life...
's novel Farewell to Matyora.