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Cherepovets (Russian: Череповец, IPA: [tɕɪrʲɪpɐˈvʲets]) is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River (a tributary of the Volga River) and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir.
Situated at the confluence of the Sheksna and Yagorba Rivers in the western part of Vologda Province, Cherepovets is known as the home of Severstal (“NorthSteel”), one of Russia’s largest ...
- William Brumfield
Cherepovets, city, southwestern Vologda oblast (region), northwest-central European Russia. Cherepovets lies on the right bank of the Sheksna River where it flows into the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga River. The city’s iron and steel plant, established in 1955 and enlarged several times since, is.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Although Cherepovets has a diversified industrial base, it is best known as the home of Severstal, one of Russia’s largest industrial enterprises. Archeological excavations in the...
Jan 8, 2021 · Cherepovets is the largest city in the Vologda region of Russia. It is among those rare Russian cities which population and level of industrial development is larger than in the capital cities of the regions of their location.
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Cherepovets is the largest city in Vologda Oblast, founded in the 14th century as a monastery. Although not the administrative capital of Vologda Oblast, it certainly serves as the economic one solely due to the large company it hosts, OAO Severstal' (Northern Steel), which dominates the entire city.
