Construction of the Shardara reservoir (1965)

View of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station dam.

Panorama, from the dam building with a crane on the reservoir.

The boom of the crane.

Panorama of the dam building with a crane.

View of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station dam.

The bulldozer operator in the bulldozer cabin pulls the levers.

A crane lifts a metal structure.

Riggers supervise the work.

Tour guide and schoolchildren at the construction site of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

Bulldozers rake soil during the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

A boat ride along the Shardara Reservoir.

View from the boat of the construction of the Shardara Hydroelectric Power Station and the wake of the propeller.

View of the Shardara Reservoir and construction site.

Bulldozers and cranes.

View of the construction of the Shardara reservoir.

Bulldozers rake and level the soil.

A welder works at the construction site of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

In the background, bulldozers are raking soil.

Three bulldozers rake soil at the construction site of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

Shardara Reservoir.

Water gauging station scale.

Panning from bottom to top.

Panorama - Shardara Reservoir.

A crawler crane at the construction of a pipeline - water canal of the Shardara reservoir.

A crawler crane lays a pipe.

A female rigger is nearby.

A crawler crane at the construction of a pipeline - water canal of the Shardara reservoir.

The crawler crane moves a pipe on a rope.

A female rigger is nearby.

A crawler crane at the construction of a pipeline - water canal of the Shardara reservoir.

A crawler crane lowers a pipe on a rope.

A female rigger gives instructions to the crane operator.

View of the Shardara reservoir and pipeline.

An operator speaks on the phone in the crane cabin at the Shardara Reservoir.

View of the Shardara reservoir and the building.

View of the Shardara reservoir, the hydroelectric power station under construction and a crane.

Water comes to the steppe.

View of the Shardara Reservoir filling with water.

A turtle is crawling in the foreground.

Panorama, view of the Shardara reservoir.

View from the boat of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station and the wake of the propeller.

View from the boat of the reservoir filling with water.

Engineers and builders of the Shardara hydroelectric power station communicate and compare the drawing with the terrain against the backdrop of the reservoir.

Surveyors in the steppe near a tripod with a theodolite (wide shot).

The surveyor looks into the theodolite and writes in a notebook.

A surveyor holds a staff with numbers for a theodolite (close-up).

View of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

Engineers read the drawing.

Three engineers are reading a drawing.

View of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station.

Cranes lift metal structures.

Crane operator in the crane cabin.

View from the dam building to the Shardara Reservoir and a sailing boat.

Engineers on the deck of a boat near the wall of the Shardara hydroelectric power station dam.

Engineers, male and female, on the deck of a boat.

The woman is writing in a log.

The man is looking through binoculars.

View of the Shardara Reservoir filling with water.

View of the Shardara reservoir and dam wall under construction.

View of the construction of the Shardara hydroelectric power station dam.

Worker's face in a cap, (Close-up).

A crane lowers a load.