Between Ecology and Hydropower: the Role of Expert Opinion in Soviet Hydropower Projects in the Second Half of the 1950s - First Half of the 1960s (on the Example of the Lower Ob and Lower Volga Hydroelectric Power Stations)
In the article the role of expert evaluations in the Soviet hydropower projects of the second half of the 1950s - the first half of the 1960s is considered on the example of comparing the projects of the Low. Ob and Low.Volga hydroelectric power stations. The author notes that one of the significant roles in the rejection of the construction of hydroelectric power stations was played by the expertise of specialists from the fishing industry of the RSFSR. In addition, it is emphasized that the experts were guided not only by economic expediency, but also by environmental necessity.