Cherepovets
| Cherepovets (English) Череповец (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Vologda Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2012) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Cherepovets |
| Administrative center of | Cherepovetsky District, city of oblast significance of Cherepovets |
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| Urban okrug | Cherepovets Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Yury Kuzin |
| Representative body | City Duma |
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| Area | 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 312,310 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 59th |
| Density | 2,583/km2 (6,690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | November 4, 1777 |
| City status since | 1777 |
| Postal code(s) | 162600 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8202 |
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| 2010 Census | 312,310 |
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| 2002 Census | 311,869 |
| 1989 Census | 310,463 |
| 1979 Census | 265,933 |
Cherepovets (Russian: Череповец; IPA: [tɕɪrʲɪpɐˈvʲɛts]) 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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 312,310, making it the most populous city in the oblast.
The origin of the word "Cherepovets" is a subject of much debate among the local historians. According to one version, the city supposedly received its name from the word "skull" ("cherep" in Russian). In antiquity there was a pagan sanctuary in honor of the god Veles on the hill at the confluence of the Sheksna and the Yagorba Rivers. The top of the hill was called the "skull". Another version suggests that the word "Cherepovets" originates from the name of the tribe "ves" (весь), who inhabited the Sheksna's banks. According to some legends, "Cherepovets," in the language of local indigenous Veps, means "Veps' fish hill".
The city is in the crossroads of the major Volga-Baltic waterway, west-east railroads, and gas pipelines, and between two Russian federal cities—Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The foundation of Cherepovets is traditionally ascribed to two orthodox monks Feodosy and Afanasy. In 1362, they founded the Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, in the vicinity of which a small village of Fedosyevo was founded. Historians consider the former village of Fedosyevo to be in the center of modern Cherepovets. It took several centuries to develop the small village into a prominent trade, manufacturing, and transportation regional center. Cherepovets was granted city status in 1777 by Catherine the Great and became the center of a separate uyezd in the administrative structure of the Novgorod Governorate.
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