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7.0 1h 26m

I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe

The plot is based on events that took place during the severe drought of the early 1970s at the construction of the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Station. The commissioning of the station's first phase was complicated by the fact that the water needed to start it was also desperately needed by the parched fields. There were many debates (with both personal and professional ambitions involved), and in the end, the problem was solved purely mathematically—rather than by agricultural engineering: salty water from the Kyrgyz Sea was diverted to the fields, while clean mountain river water was directed to the first turbines.

Top Cast

  • Yuri Gorobets

    Yuri Gorobets

  • Aleksandr Arzhilovskiy

    Aleksandr Arzhilovskiy

  • Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

    Sovetbek Dzhumadylov

  • Dmytro Myrhorodskyi

    Dmytro Myrhorodskyi

  • Elena Smirnova

    Elena Smirnova

  • Sattar Dikambayev

    Sattar Dikambayev

  • Kalicha Umuralieva

    Kalicha Umuralieva

  • Mukhamadali Makhmadov

    Mukhamadali Makhmadov

  • Evgeniy Bakalov

    Evgeniy Bakalov

Overview

The plot is based on events that took place during the severe drought of the early 1970s at the construction of the Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Station. The commissioning of the station's first phase was complicated by the fact that the water needed to start it was also desperately needed by the parched fields. There were many debates (with both personal and professional ambitions involved), and in the end, the problem was solved purely mathematically—rather than by agricultural engineering: salty water from the Kyrgyz Sea was diverted to the fields, while clean mountain river water was directed to the first turbines.

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