GOELRO
Sign in to save300px|thumb|A postage stamp (1967) with the painting “Lenin by the GOELRO map” (1957) GOELRO () was the first of Soviet Russia's plans for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for "State Commission for Electrification of Russia" (). thumb|1951 stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of Volkhov Hydroelectric Station; it quotes Lenin's famous statement on electrification. The Commission and Plan were initiated and supervised by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin's belie
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- Legacy
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300px|thumb|A postage stamp (1967) with the painting “Lenin by the GOELRO map” (1957) GOELRO () was the first of Soviet Russia's plans for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for "State Commission for Electrification of Russia" (). thumb|1951 stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of Volkhov Hydroelectric Station; it quotes Lenin's famous statement on electrification. The Commission and Plan were initiated and supervised by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin's belief in the central importance of electrification to the achievement of communism is represented by his statement:
==Foundation== The commission was established by the Presidium of the VSNKh on February 21, 1920, in accordance with February 3, 1920, VTsIK resolution on the electrification plan development. The director of the commission was Gleb Krzhizhanovsky.