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Yaropoletskaya HPP
The Yaropoletskaya hydroelectric power station is an inactive small hydroelectric power station on the Lama River in the village of Yaropolets, Volokolamsk urban district, Moscow region of Russia, one of the first rural power plants in the USSR.
In the fall of 1918, a group of Yaropolets enthusiasts under the leadership of school labor teacher Pyotr Kirillov (or Kirein) decided to create a power plant in the village. They drew up a project for a station with 5 horsepower produced by the engine of a flax processing station. This power turned out to be insufficient, and on the basis of the water mill of the Chernyshev estate, a hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 12.5 kilowatts was created in the annex. The hydroelectric power station made it possible to illuminate the village. In November 1920, Vladimir Lenin came to neighboring Kashino to open the so-called “first rural power station” (diesel). A delegation from Yaropolets also arrived there, which persuaded Lenin and Krupskaya to come to the Yaropoletskaya hydroelectric station and help in its modernization. A turbine built at a plant near Moscow was installed, which made it possible to develop a power of 48 kilowatts and illuminate neighboring villages.
According to the sign in the hydroelectric power station building, in 1939, the power plant named after Lenin, with the assistance of Krupskaya and Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, was reconstructed with the construction of a new dam and hydroelectric power station building. According to some sources, in the fall of 1941 the Nazis blew up the hydroelectric power station, after the war it was restored and in 1959 connected to the general network. According to others, the Nazis gathered, but did not blow up the hydroelectric power station, and it worked until 1958. In the 1980s, the hydroelectric power station, which did not produce electricity, was turned into a museum: the dam and spillway were reconstructed, and a new building was built.
Yaropoletskaya HPP
The Yaropoletskaya hydroelectric power station is an inactive small hydroelectric power station on the Lama River in the village of Yaropolets, Volokolamsk urban district, Moscow region of Russia, one of the first rural power plants in the USSR.
In the fall of 1918, a group of Yaropolets enthusiasts under the leadership of school labor teacher Pyotr Kirillov (or Kirein) decided to create a power plant in the village. They drew up a project for a station with 5 horsepower produced by the engine of a flax processing station. This power turned out to be insufficient, and on the basis of the water mill of the Chernyshev estate, a hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 12.5 kilowatts was created in the annex. The hydroelectric power station made it possible to illuminate the village. In November 1920, Vladimir Lenin came to neighboring Kashino to open the so-called “first rural power station” (diesel). A delegation from Yaropolets also arrived there, which persuaded Lenin and Krupskaya to come to the Yaropoletskaya hydroelectric station and help in its modernization. A turbine built at a plant near Moscow was installed, which made it possible to develop a power of 48 kilowatts and illuminate neighboring villages.
According to the sign in the hydroelectric power station building, in 1939, the power plant named after Lenin, with the assistance of Krupskaya and Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, was reconstructed with the construction of a new dam and hydroelectric power station building. According to some sources, in the fall of 1941 the Nazis blew up the hydroelectric power station, after the war it was restored and in 1959 connected to the general network. According to others, the Nazis gathered, but did not blow up the hydroelectric power station, and it worked until 1958. In the 1980s, the hydroelectric power station, which did not produce electricity, was turned into a museum: the dam and spillway were reconstructed, and a new building was built.