September 21, 1950 the Resolution of the start of construction Kakhovska hydropower, dams, locks, Northern Crimean canal, reservoir, and a new city - New Kakhovka. To put the dam and the station had to move 50 million cubic meters of soil. In July 1955 hydrobuilders sent over the river in a new direction, cutting off the old one. Construction work on their highly 15000th team of builders who worked on the construction site and to rise from the ruins Dneproges. September 1956 entered the history of construction as the month when all six units Kakhovska HPS operate at full capacity. Today the power station - 1,170 million kW per year. The volume of the huge reservoir (Kakhovskogo Sea) is 19 billion cubic meters in length it more than 200 km in width - up to 30 km. The construction of hydroelectric Kakhovskogo ensured the passage of heavy ships from the mouth of the Dnieper to the city of Zaporozhye, created the conditions for irrigation, irrigation, water supply, southern Ukraine and Crimea, in particular the North-Crimean canal.