Belvy Rast High Voltage Research Station is a facility for the development of high voltage equipment in Russia, situated at Belvy Rast in Moscovskaya Oblast.[1] Built in 1966, the equipment of the 750 kV- and 1150 kV-lines in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union were first developed and tested at this facility, as well as the equipment for the never completed HVDC Ekibastuz-Centre. The facility also has am unused 1150 kV AC and a 1500 kV DC line.