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THE growth in the use of electrical energy in the Soviet Union in connexion with the Government's industrial development schemes were outlined in a paper read to the Institution of Electrical Engineers by Mr. Allan Monkhouse on January 10. He gave interesting details also of the development in the use of peat fuel in large power stations. The first State-planning organisation set up by the Government was the State commission for the electrification of Russia appointed in 1921. In forming this commission, Lenin emphasised the necessity of providing an abundant supply of cheap electrical power as a basis on which industry could develop. From 1923 onwards the construction of fifty-six large power stations and the erection of 8,000 miles of high-tension overhead wires with all their distributing substations has been a most spectacular development. The rapid growth in the use of electrical power during the last ten years is shown by the increase in the monthly winter output, from 750 million units to 11,000 million units.
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Electrical Developments in the Soviet Union. Nature 135, 93–94 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135093a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135093a0