Cherepovets

Cherepovets is an industrial city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, stretching along the Sheksna River and the shore of the Rybinsk Reservoir. Metallurgical works and chemical plants shape the cityscape with their chimneys and industrial halls, distributed between residential neighborhoods and green spaces.

Two Orthodox monks founded the Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery in 1362, which became the nucleus of a settlement. Catherine the Great granted city status to the place in 1777, but industrialization began only in the twentieth century with the construction of major steel works and chemical complexes.

The Museum of Industrial History exhibits items about steel production and chemical industry development in the city. The collection documents the transformation from a monastery settlement to a heavy industry center through photographs and tools from different decades.

The international airport offers regular connections to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, while the railway station sends trains to different Russian cities. The city is best explored using public buses that link residential areas with the center and the waterfront zones.

The bridge over the Sheksna was completed in 1979 and ranks among the longest river bridges in the European part of Russia. Its span allows ship traffic between the Volga and the White Sea via the Volga-Baltic canal system.

Location: Cherepovets Urban Okrug

Elevation above the sea: 130 m

Website: https://cherinfo.ru

GPS coordinates: 59.13333,37.91667

Latest update: December 12, 2025 20:00