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Revision as of 08:36, 8 August 2005 by Ghirlandajo (talk | contribs) (more info, cleanup)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Rybinsk Reservoir, informally called the Rybsinsk Sea (Rybinskoye vodokhranilishche), is a vast water reservoir on Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa. Its area is 4580 sq km, volume 25,5 cu km. The principal ports are Cherepovets in the Vologda Oblast and Vesyegonsk in the Tver Oblast.
The Rybinsk dam was constructed in 1941, and the lake finally filled in 1947. Some 150,000 people had to be resettled elsewhere, and the historic town of Mologa in Yaroslavl Oblast has completely disappeared under water. At that time, the reservoir was the largest man-made body of water on Earth. As the time goes by, however, it has been increasingly viewed as a typical sample of Stalinist voluntarism. The dam is hardly important for elecrticity supply, but the ecological damage caused by the reservoir can hardly be overestimated.
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