Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station

The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisei River, near in , . It is the largest power plant in Russia and the 12th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: hydroelectric plant, the largest power plant in Russia
  • Also known as: “P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP”, “Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam”, “Sayano-Shushenskaya HPS”, and “Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherëmushki.

Town
Photo: Куллин Николай, Public domain.
Cheryomushki is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republican significance of of the , . Population: 8,373 ; 9,067 ; 11,854 . is situated 4 km northeast of Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station.

Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station

Latitude
52.82715° or 52° 49′ 38″ north
Longitude
91.37093° or 91° 22′ 15″ east
Inception
1978
Operator
РусГидро
Open location code
9M4HR9GC+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228182749
Wiki­data ID
Q474551
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սայանո-Շուշենսկոյեի հիդրոէլեկտրակայան”
  • Belarusian: “Саяна-Шушанская ГЭС”
  • Chinese: “萨彦-舒申斯克水电站”
  • Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Sajano Šušenskaja”
  • Czech: “Sajansko-šušenská přehradní nádrž”
  • Czech: “Sajansko-šušenská vodní elektrárna”
  • Czech: “Sajansko-Šušenská vodní elektrárna”
  • Dutch: “Waterkrachtcentrale Sajano-Sjoesjenskaja”
  • Estonian: “Sajaani-Šušenskoje hüdroelektrijaam”
  • Finnish: “Sajano-Šušenskajan voimalaitos”
  • French: “barrage de Saïano-Chouchensk”
  • French: “Barrage de Saïano-Chouchensk”
  • Georgian: “საიან-შუშენსკოეს ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
  • German: “Sajano-Schuschenskaja GES”
  • German: “Sajano-Schuschensker Stausee”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת כוח הידרואלקטרית סאיאנו-שושנסקאיה”
  • Hungarian: “Szajano-susenszkojei vízerőmű”
  • Indonesian: “Waduk Sayano–Shushenskaya”
  • Japanese: “サヤノシュシェンスカヤダム”
  • Korean: “사야노-슈셴스카야 수력 발전소”
  • Lithuanian: “Sajanų-Šušenskojės hidroelektrinė”
  • Lithuanian: “Sajanų-Šušenskojės tvenkinys”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sajano Sjusjensk-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Sajano Sjusjensk-demningen”
  • Polish: “Sajańsko-Szuszeńska Elektrownia Wodna”
  • Russian: “Саяно-Шушенская гидроэлектростанция имени П. С. Непорожнего”
  • Russian: “Саяно-Шушенская ГЭС”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Sajano-Šušenskaja”
  • Slovenian: “Sajano-Šušenska hidroelektrarna”
  • Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica Sayano–Shúshenskaya”
  • Turkish: “Sayano-Şuşenskaya Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Sayano-Şuşenskaya Hidroelektrik Santrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Саяно-Шушенська ГЕС”
  • Ukrainian: “Саяно-Шушенська гідроелектростанція”
  • Uzbek: “Sayan-Shushensk GES”
  • Uzbek: “Sayan-Shushensk”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Sayano-Shushenskaya”

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