Krasnoyarsk Dam
Красноярская ГЭС
One of the world's largest hydroelectric stations, with a concrete gravity dam and a unique inclined ship lift, which also appears on the back of the 10-rouble banknote.
The dam lies upstream of Divnogorsk, about 35 km from the city centre. It is 124 metres high and more than 1 km long, and was completed in 1972. It was once the hydroelectric station with the largest installed capacity in the world. Beside the dam, the inclined ship lift can carry an entire vessel up a rail track in a water basin over the dam, a rare sight in the world (operating schedules vary by season). Most visitors take photos from the viewing platform below the dam and along the road. Tours of the interior must be booked in advance. You can combine a day trip with the Tsar Fish Viewpoint, the village of Ovsyanka and the riverside promenade in Divnogorsk. A car with driver or your own vehicle is recommended.
Opening hours
Viewing platform open all day
Nearby sights
- Ovsyanka & Astafyev Museum
- Tsar-Fish Viewpoint
- Roev Ruchey Zoo
- Stolby Nature Reserve
- Bobrovy Log Fun Park
- Torgashinsky Ridge
- Karaulnaya Hill & Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel
- Surikov Museum-Estate