Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station
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Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant on the Angara River that supplies electricity and helps regulate water levels for the Irkutsk region in Siberia, Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6705844 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station Context triple: [Irkutsk, nearbyHydropowerPlant, Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station]
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Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Gorky Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Volga River in Russia, known for its large dam and role in regional power generation and navigation.
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B.
Zeya Hydroelectric Power Station
The Zeya Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant in Russia’s Amur Oblast, serving as a key source of electricity and flood control in the Russian Far East.
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C.
Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station
The Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Svir River in Russia, forming part of the cascade of stations supplying electricity to the northwestern region.
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D.
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Volga River in Russia, known for creating one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs at the time of its construction.
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E.
Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station
The Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Svir River in Russia, forming part of the cascade of stations supplying electricity to the northwestern region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station Target entity description: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant on the Angara River that supplies electricity and helps regulate water levels for the Irkutsk region in Siberia, Russia.
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A.
Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Gorky Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Volga River in Russia, known for its large dam and role in regional power generation and navigation.
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B.
Zeya Hydroelectric Power Station
The Zeya Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant in Russia’s Amur Oblast, serving as a key source of electricity and flood control in the Russian Far East.
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C.
Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station
The Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Svir River in Russia, forming part of the cascade of stations supplying electricity to the northwestern region.
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D.
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Volga River in Russia, known for creating one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs at the time of its construction.
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E.
Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station
The Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Svir River in Russia, forming part of the cascade of stations supplying electricity to the northwestern region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
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hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| affectsWaterLevelOf | Lake Baikal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| annualGeneration | about 4.1 TWh ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| builtBy | Soviet engineers ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Soviet era ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1956 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1950 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | concrete gravity dam ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| damHeight | about 44 m ⓘ |
| damLength | about 2400 m ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Lake Baikal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| fuelType | water ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Siberian power grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| hasTurbineType | Kaplan turbine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first large hydroelectric power station on the Angara River ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to regulation of Lake Baikal outflow
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raised water level of the Angara River near Irkutsk ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 662 MW ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Irkutsk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Irkutsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Angara River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 8 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| operator | Irkutskenergo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Irkutskenergo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Angara River cascade of hydroelectric power stations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
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navigation improvement ⓘ power generation ⓘ river regulation ⓘ water level regulation of Lake Baikal ⓘ |
| region | Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCreatedBy | Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirInundated | part of the Angara River valley ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Irkutsk Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| suppliesElectricityTo |
Irkutsk region
NERFINISHED
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industrial consumers in Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourse | Angara River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station Description of subject: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant on the Angara River that supplies electricity and helps regulate water levels for the Irkutsk region in Siberia, Russia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Irkutsk