District of Cherepovets
General Information
Total area: 7.600 sq km
Location: south-western part of the Vologda Oblast
Total population: 40.872
Administrative centre: city of Cherepovets
Administrative division: 25 administrative areas
Distance from Vologda: 131 km
Transportation routes: highways Vologda-Novaya Ladoga, Cherepovets-Zagorsk, railway stations in Cherepovets and Suda, an airport in Cherepovets
Main branches of industry: timber, food, agriculture
Terrain: mostly shallow plains
Inland waters: numerous lakes and marshes, Rybinsk reservoir, rivers - the Sheksna, the Suda, the Yagorba and others
Soil: sod-podzol, marsh
Protected areas: the State Darwin forest reserve, 3 game reserves
Places of interest: the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (17th century), the Resurrection Church
News
Results of the main rating for all single-industry cities of the Russian Federation are announced in Moscow. Cherepovets (Vologda Region) is one of the best mono- cities in Russia.
Darwin Nature Reserve is located in Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast and Breytovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga River. Darwin Nature Reserve was founded in 1945. Approximately two thirds of the reserve are located in Vologda Oblast and one third is located in Yaroslavl Oblast.
The visit is part of a series of visits throughout the Vologda Oblast examining economic and social development of regions.