Kuybyshev Reservoir

Infobox lake
lake_name = Kuybyshev Reservoir
image_lake =Kuib-vodoh-oliv.jpg
caption_lake = near Ulyanovsk
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
coords = coord|53|26|N|49|27|E|type:waterbody_region:RU|display=inline,title
type = Hydroelectric reservoir
inflow = Volga, Kama, Sviyaga, Kazanka, Bolshoy Cheremshan
outflow = Volga
catchment =
basin_countries = Russia
length = over 500 km
width = 35 km
area = 6,450 km²
depth = 8 m
max-depth = 41 m
volume = 57.3 km³
shore = 2604 km
elevation = 51-53
islands = Sviyazhsk
cities = Kazan
Ulyanovsk
Tolyatti
Zelenodolsk
Volzhsk
Bolghar
Tetushi
Novoulyanovsk
Chistopol
Laishevo

Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir ( _ru. Куйбышевское водохранилище, "Kuybyshevskoye Vodokhranilishche", _tt. Куйбышев сусаклагычы|Kuybışev susaqlağıçı), sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of the middle Volga and lower Kama in the Chuvash Republic, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. The Kuybyshev Reservoir has a surface area of 6,450 km² and a volume of 58 billion cubic meters, and is the largest reservoir in Europe and the third in the world by surface area [the largest and second largest are Lake Volta and Smallwood Reservoir] . The major cities of Kazan, Ulyanovsk, and Tolyatti are adjacent to the reservoir.

The reservoir is created by the dam of Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station (formerly, V.I. Lenin Volga Hydroelectric Station), located between the cities of Zhigulevsk and Togliatti in Samara Oblast. It was filled in 1955–1957.

With the filling of the reservoir some villages and towns were rebuilt on higher ground.

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