Dnipro Hydroelectric Station

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The Dnipro Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Dnieper River in Ukraine, known for its large dam, significant electricity production, and role in regional industrial development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
additionalFunction flood control ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy GOELRO plan ⓘ
linked to: GOELRO Commission
commissioned 1932 ⓘ
connectsBanksOf Dnieper River at Zaporizhzhia ⓘ
constructedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
damType gravity dam ⓘ
designedBy Alexander Vinter ⓘ
era Soviet era ⓘ
hasComponent DniproHES-1 ⓘ
DniproHES-2 ⓘ
linked to: DniproHES-1
hasNavigationFacility ship locks on Dnieper River ⓘ
hasRailCrossing railway bridge adjacent to dam ⓘ
hasRoadCrossing road bridge on dam crest ⓘ
hasSpillway overflow spillway integrated into dam ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
heightOfDam about 60 metres ⓘ
historicalSignificance key element of Dnieper industrial region development ⓘ
major industrialization project of the Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfLocalName Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
lengthOfDam about 800 metres ⓘ
locatedInCity Zaporizhzhia ⓘ
locatedInCountryAtConstruction Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
locatedInOblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast ⓘ
locatedInRegion southeastern Ukraine ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Dnieper River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper
notableEvent rebuilt after World War II ⓘ
severely damaged during World War II ⓘ
notableFor large installed capacity among Ukrainian hydroelectric plants ⓘ
role in electrification of southern USSR ⓘ
operator Ukrhydroenergo ⓘ
partOf Dnieper Hydroelectric Cascade ⓘ
partOfSector electric power industry of Ukraine ⓘ
primaryFunction electricity generation ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 1947 ⓘ
1980 ⓘ
reservoirLocatedOnRiver Dnieper River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper
reservoirName Dnipro Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirType artificial reservoir ⓘ
startOfConstruction 1927 ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
usedFor power supply to heavy industry ⓘ
regional grid stabilization ⓘ

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Dnipro Reservoir → createdBy → Dnipro Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
Soviet architecture → notableExample → Dnieper Hydroelectric Station structures ⓘ
linked to: Dnipro Hydroelectric Station
Zaporizhzhia → hasHydroelectricPlant → Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Dnipro Hydroelectric Station
Zaporizhzhia → hasIndustrialFacility → Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Dnipro Hydroelectric Station
Dnieper Reservoir cascade → supports → Dnieper Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Dnipro Hydroelectric Station
Dnipro Dam → UkrainianName → ДніпроГЕС ⓘ
linked to: Dnipro Hydroelectric Station