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Volga Hydroelectric Station opens

1961 CE · Russia, Asia · Technology

Volga Hydroelectric Station opens
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The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station, is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe, and the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, immediately before the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea.

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