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A. M. Zalesskii on the construction of the Volkhov power plant
- Authors: Kozhberov A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 45, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 360-371
- Section: Sources for the History of Science and Technology
- URL: https://clinpractice.ru/0205-9606/article/view/671267
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0205960624020089
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/xqmdmb
- ID: 671267
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Abstract
This publication contains a fragment from the unpublished memoirs of a prominent Soviet electrical engineer Alexander Mikhailovich Zalesskii (1892–1976), a pupil of Mikhail Andreevich Shatelen. This fragment describes Zalesskii’s work at the technical department for electrical engineering at the construction of the Volkhov Hydroelectric Station, the first major power plant in the Soviet Union. The publication also contains a brief biography of Zalesskii, based on his memoirs.
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Andrei A. Kozhberov
Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: kozhberov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Ul. Politekhnicheskaya, 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
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