EVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHEBOKSARY HPP: TO THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE ISSUE

Nadezhda G. Rusinova

DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-3-75-80

Key words

Cheboksary hydroelectric power plant, construction, historiography, publications, Cheboksary reservoir, hydro-engineering complex, water level.

Annotation

The article presents an overview of research and social-political literature on evolvement and development of Cheboksary hydroelectric power plant. The authors carried out the analysis of scientific papers and publications using such scientific methods as system analysis, logical and structural research. The content of the article considers two periods in the historiography of the topic, each of which has its own peculiarities. The first period is mainly characterized by social-political literature. Publications are devoted to the grandeur of Cheboksary HPP construction. Particular attention is paid to the works, which were published by immediate participants of construction of the hydro-engineering complex. Historiography of this period mainly notes positive aspects of construction, negative aspects are either disregarded or considered insignificantly. The second period is characterized mainly by publications in periodicals. They are observed to contain more critical statements about the state of the hydroelectric power plant and Cheboksary reservoir. Articles about the difficulties in development of the hydro-engineering complex are analyzed. At this time studies of representatives of natural and technical sciences start to be published. They are devoted mainly to problems related to the rise of the water level in Cheboksary reservoir to the design mark. The analysis of publications on the ecological state of the flooding zone and hydrogeological survey of the hydro-engineering complex is also presented.

The study makes it possible to state that the historical aspect of Cheboksary HPP evolvement and development in historiography has been studied extremely insufficiently. Most sources are marked by a departmental focus, journalistic character and a weak documentary base. The results of the review showed that there are no complex studies on the history of implementing the hydroelectric power plant construction in domestic historiography. The materials of the article can be used for further research of this topic, as well as when writing regional natural history works.

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 Information about the author

Nadezhda G. Rusinova – Post-Graduate Student, Russian History Department, Chuvash State University, Russia, Cheboksary (rusinovang@mail.ru).

For citations

Rusinova N.G. EVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHEBOKSARY HPP: TO THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE ISSUE. Historical Search, 2020, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 75–80. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-3-75-80 (in Russian).

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