Kirov Reservoir（基洛夫水库）丨吉尔吉斯斯坦塔拉斯

Kirov Reservoir

Kirov Reservoir

Киров суу сактагычы

Talas Province, Kyrgyz Republic

42°38′20″N 71°38′40″E

1975

The Kirov Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Talas region, in northern Kyrgyzstan. The main function of this construction is to control the irrigation of the land in the Talas Valley. The reservoir has a capacity of 550 million cubic meters, allowing to irrigate 55,000 ha of land between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

The dam is the emblematic construction of the reservoir. It is located in the northern part and thus controls the flow of the river flowing into Kazakhstan. It is the first dam of this type built in the country. It is 257m long and is built in light concrete, with a

a buttress structure

. The dam was completed after 10 years of work. It was made functional one year later, in 1976. The figure of Lenin, whose 100th birthday was celebrated during the works, is standing at the entrance of the 86m high dam. It is modelled in the concrete so characteristic of Soviet infrastructure and represents the durability and reliability of the structure.

The Talas valley and its crops upstream and downstream of the reservoir.