From the GOELRO plan to our days

December 22, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the GOELRO plan, the development of which was initiated by V.I. Lenin was launched in February 1920, and in December of the same year at the VIII All-Russian Congress of Soviets of the RSFSR it was adopted. In this article, a direct participant in this process, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Power Engineer of the Russian Federation V.M. Lebedev is a veteran of the power industry of the USSR and the Russian Federation. Shown are the separate stages of energy development in our country at different times in connection with this historical date - 100 years since the adoption of GOELRO. Personal observations were used during the period of his work in the USSR Ministry of Energy (38 years old) and in higher school (from 1995 to the present) in the training of future heat and power engineers. In addition, primary sources were used: the development of the GOELRO plan, articles by prominent energy scientists (participants in the development of the GOELRO plan), official statistics, public statements by state and public figures.