Flood control systems in Russia

The main information about Russian system of hydraulic structures categories as to the dam height, geotechnical conditions of foundations and their role and responsibility in the water and energy supply and regional economy, as well as about the values of design and safety floods probabilities corresponding to the different dam categories are presented. So long as a number of reservoirs especially done for flood control and management in Russia is very limited, the particularities of two largest hydropower dam cascades (the dam system on the Volga River in European part of the country and second one on the Angara River in Siberia) with accompanying, side, antiflooding effect are shown and commented. Two examples of hydraulic schemes with capacious reservoirs specially predestinated for the river flood control: Zeyskaya dam with hydropower plant on the Zeya River (Amur River tributary) in Far East and Yumaguzin dam in the Belaya River (tributary of Kama River) in Bashkortostan Republic and its principles and rules of different floods management are presented.