The
Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam is located on the
Yenisei River, near
Sayanogorsk in
Khakassia,
Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the
9th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation. The full legal name of the power plant,
OJSC [Open Joint-Stock Society] P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP [hydro power plant], refers to the Soviet-time Minister of Energy and Electrification Pyotr Neporozhny. The head of the power plant is Valery Kyari.