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Geopolitical Status
Russian Federation, East-Siberia,
650 km to the north of Irkutsk, large industrial center
with population over 275,000.
Main Transport Facilities
The Angara: navigable all way from Bratsk to Irkutsk
and Bratsk to Ust-Ilimsk in May - October.
Railway stations: Anzyobi, Bagulnaya, Novo-Bratsk,
Padunskiye Porogi (Padun Rapids), Hydrostroitel' of East-Siberian
Railway. The western part of Baikal-Amur Railway (BAM)
starts here in Bratsk and has extensions in the port Osetrovo
on the Lena and farther on in the ports of the North.
Railway network connects Bratsk with cities of central European
part of Russia, Siberia, Yakutia, Transbaikal and the
Far East.
Motor road Tulun-Bratsk-Osetrovo is 250 km from
Trans-Siberian Railway (Moscow – Vladivostok). There
is a regular coach service on the motorway between Bratsk
and Irkutsk.
Bratsk International Airport: 40 km from Bratsk
downtown and 12 km from the nearest hotel in settlement
Energetic (Padun district of Bratsk). There are direct
airlines to Moscow, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk,
Irkutsk. Transit lines connect Bratsk practically with
all large Russian cities. Transpolar flights over the
North Pole to Canada and USA may become a reality in the
nearest future.
Raw Materials and Energy Resources
The Angara is the main source of electric power
among rivers of Siberia. It has four dams, the dam in
Bratsk being the largest. Huge power potential of the
Angara is supported by the unique regulating effect of
the Baikal. 'The daughter of the Baikal' ensures basis
for the development of power-consuming technologies and
enterprises. Bratsk HPP is included in the United Power
Grid of Siberia.
Explored deposit of Bratsk gas condensate amounts
to 10 billion m3 of gas, 1,5 million tons of condensate
and 30 million m3 of helium.
Estimated wood-cutting area of Bratsk makes up
4,2 million m3 of timber per year, more than half of it
being coniferous forest, mainly the Angara pine. There
are such species as Siberian pine - cedar, larch, spruce
and fir-tree.
Fish reserves of Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk reservoirs
allow to fish out from 800 to1000 tons annually including
such valuable kinds as lake trout, pelad' and omul.
City and Enterprises
There are more than two thousand large and medium-size
enterprises producing most diverse products.
Bratsk industrial enterprises produce 1/5th of all the products manufactured in Irkutsk Region annually.
70% of these products are exported abroad.
The city infrastructure includes 10 joint ventures, 6
banks, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bratsk Customs,
6 insurance companies, a number of trading enterprises
and consumer services, Sibirsky Research Institute of
Cellulose and Cardboard, Bratsk State Technical University,
branches of Moscow Academy of Economics and Law, Irkutsk
State University, Novosibirsk Humanitarian Institute,
Bratsk College of Pulp and Paper Industry, Krasnoyarsk
Industrial College of Metallurgy, 46 secondary and 11
vocational schools, 3 big palaces of culture, Bratsk
Drama Theatre, sport complexes and a bob-sleigh track.
Bratsk has its own TV program and radio stations. Several
all-Russia TV channels are received here.
Giant Enterprises
The capacity of Bratsk HPP (Hydroelectric Power
Plant) is 4,5 mln kw. The annual output is about
20-25 billion kwh of electric power. It is the second
large in Russia in capacity and the first large in the
world in the total amount of power generated.
JSC ‘Bratsk Complex Holding’ produces marketable
pulp, cardboard, veneer and fiberboard. It is the largest
Russian enterprise for timber cutting and complex processing
of wood with annual capacity of 7mln m3 of timber.
JSC ‘Bratsk Aluminum Plant’ produces high-purity
aluminum, crystalline silicon and ferrosilicon. It
is one of the world largest plants producing over 800
000 tons of primary aluminum per year.
JSC "STO" (Heat Supply Systems) produces
steel radiators for heating systems, mobile automated
boiler-houses with power output of 3,8 megawatt working
on firm, solid and gas fuel; small-size boilers with
power output up to 80 kilowatt (a laureate of regional
competition ‘100 Best Goods of Russia’). It also produces
boiler units with capacity of 1,3 megawatt
Other Enterprises
JSC ‘Plant STEMI-2’ (Sanitary Technical and Wiring
Systems) produces hot-water and steam electrode boilers
of capacity from 10 to 1000 kilowatt, mobile and modular
electric boiler-houses of 50 to 2400 kilowatt; power control
units; low and high voltage switch gears; steel tanks
of 1000 m3 for oil products; light steel-works; industrial
buildings completely ready for plant exploitation.
JSC ‘Central Mechanical Repair Works’ produces
industrial and building steel-works; towers for power
transmission lines.
JSC ‘Bratsk Fur Factory’ produces processed and
colored sheepskin and furs.
State Unitary Enterprise 'Woodworking Plant' produces
sawn-timber and furniture panels.
JSC ‘Bratsk Plant of Joinery Works’ produces a
variety of sawn-goods, sash pulleys and door modules,
furniture of solid wood, etc.
JSC Brewery ‘GELIOS’ produces beer (a laureate
of numerous competitions including ‘100 Best Goods of
Russia'), non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water ‘Gelios’
and ‘Vitoselen’.
JSC ‘Bratsk Winery’ produces alcoholic products:
wine, vodka, champagne, etc.
JSC ‘Bratsk Fish’ produces frozen, salted, dried
and smoked products of river and sea fish including vacuum
packages; different fish preserves.
Municipal Enterprise ‘Bratsk City Printing House’
produces colorful printing matter.
2. Bratsk City Investment Programs
The following are the most interesting projects
of development of the city industrial enterprises:
Development of Bratsk gas condensate deposit will
allow to get about 400 million m3 of gas, 15,000 tons
of petrol, 30,000 tons of diesel fuel and 1 million tons
of helium. Required amount of investment for the development
of the first stage is 275 million rubles, pay back
period is 2,5 years. The development of the second step
requires 465 million rubles, pay back period is 2 years.
Reconstruction of Plant of Reinforced Concrete
Works (ZhBI-3) belonging to JSC Integrated Works 'Bratsk
Reinforced Concrete’ can produce heat-resistant, acid-proof,
alkali-durable concrete items, reinforced concrete, refractory
bricks and heat insulation on the basis of liquid glass.
There are no rivals for such production in the region.
The use of liquid glass will allow refusing the application
of expensive portland cement. Reconstruction is at starting-up
and adjustment stage. All works are executed by JSC ‘Ecological
Materials’.
Enlargement of production capacities of JSC ‘Bratsk
Fish’. It is planned to build some workshops to produce
canned river and sea fish, fish stuffing and fish flour.
Required amount of investment equals to 1,500,000 rubles.
Pay back period is 18 – 19 months.
Enlargement of the production capacities of JSC ‘Bratsk
Plant of Joinery Works’. It is planned to develop
the output of furniture made of solid wood. This production
will be in great demand in comparison with furniture made
of wood chipboards and other materials.
Reconstruction of electrode boilers production at
JSC ‘Plant STEMI-2’. It is planned to produce up-to-date and saving hot
water and steam boilers on cell basis.
Adjustment of JSC ‘Bratsk Fur Factory’ to project
capacity. Given the availability of raw materials
the enterprise can produce up to 500 thousand of processed
and colored sheepskin as well as fur goods of sheepskin
and other furs.
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