Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov (Russian: Ива́н Гаври́лович Алекса́ндров; 1 September [O.S. 21 August] 1875 – 2 May 1936) was a Russian and Soviet engineer who played a significant role in the modernization of the Soviet Union.
Career In 1920, Alexandrov participated in developing the GOELRO plan which was the electrification plan of the Soviet Union. From 1921 to 1927, he was Chief Engineer of the design organization (; ) and, in 1926, designed the Dnipr Dam on the Dnipr. Проблеми Історії України: факти, судження, пошуки №11 2004: ISSN 0869-2556 (Problems of the History of Ukraine: facts, judgments, searches #11 2004: ISSN 0869-2556) From 1921, he headed the Regionalisation Committee of Gosplan and, as the director with support from Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, used rational economic planning rather than "the vestiges of lost sovereign rights" to divide the Soviet Union into thirteen European and eight Asiatic oblasts.Ekonomicheskoe raionirovanie Rossii, Gosplan, Moscow 1921
He participated in the plan of the general scheme for the electrification of Slovenia, and, in Asia, the plan for the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). From Люди русской науки: Очерки о выдающихся деятелях есте�ствознания и техники: Гос. изд-во техн. (People of Russian Science: Essays on Outstanding Figures of Natural Science and Technology: State. technical publishing house)
From 1927 to 1930 he was the Head of the Department of Hydrology, Meteorology and Regulation of Flow at the Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUEE) ().
He died in Moscow and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
See also GOELRO plan
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