[1] Hydroproject and its predecessor institutions[clarification needed] have designed most of the hydroelectric dams and irrigation and navigation canals that have been built in the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1930s.

[citation needed] They have designed a number of high-profile projects abroad as well, from India to Egypt to Canada.

[citation needed] The institute, under Sergey Zhuk's leadership, also researched the Northern river reversal's potential.

Some of the institute's regional branches, notably the one in Saint Petersburg, known as Lenhydroproject, have an even longer history.

[6] In the 1990s, the institute operated as a subsidiary of RAO UES, Russia's national electricity company.