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Cherepovets is a city in the Vologda Oblast of Russia, the administrative center of the Cherepovetsky district, which is not part of, having the status of a city of regional significance and forming a city district. It is located at the confluence of the Yagorba River into the Sheksna River (left tributary of the Volga), not far from the Rybinsk reservoir, 126 km west of Vologda. Population - 318 856 people. (2017). The area is 126 km2. Cherepovets is the largest by territory and population of the city of the Vologda region.
Administratively, the city is not divided in any way,
but the following division has historically taken shape:
Industrial
(in local vernacular - simply "City"). The oldest in the city, in the
west adjoins the factory territory (enterprises of OAO Severstal).
Zayagorbsky (Zarechensky, "District"). It is located to the east of the
Industrial District, and to the southeast of the North, across the
Yagorba River. It is connected by bridges with the Industrial and
Northern regions.
Zasheksinsky (popularly also - "104th" or
"Prostokvashino"). As the name implies, it is located across the Sheksna
River, to the south of the Industrial and Zayagorbsky districts. You can
get there only from the Industrial District, along the Oktyabrsky
Bridge.
Northern (FMK area, popularly - "Plywood"). The Plywood
Furniture Factory area is located to the north of the Industrial
District. The districts are separated by the railroad.
Corners - a
remote area between PJSC Severstal and JSC Apatit near the city dump
House of Music and Cinema "Komsomolets"
Theater for children and
youth
Cherepovets Russian National Theater
Cherepovets Chamber
Theater
Theater of Improvisations
Palace of Culture "Builder"
Palace of Metallurgists
MAUK "Palace of Chemists"
Palace of
Culture "Severny"
City Philharmonic
Art Museum
Children's Museum
Museum of Nature
Memorial
House-Museum of the Vereshchagins
Museum "House of I. A. Milyutin"
Museum of Archeology
Museum of History and Local Lore
Historical
and Ethnographic Museum "Galsky Manor"
Literary Museum with the
memorial estate of I. Severyanin
Exhibition Hall of the Cherepovets
Museum Association
First Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Contemporary
Art "KTO"
Museum of the Metallurgical Industry
Museum of Alexander
Bashlachev (within the walls of the Central Music Library)
PhosAgro
interactive educational center Green Planet
Museum of samovars
"Annunciation Antiquity" (in a restored building of 1905)
Art space
Pivzavod
Park them. Leninsky Komsomol (Komsomolsky Park)
Park of Culture
and Leisure
Park of the 200th anniversary of Cherepovets
Victory
Park
Serpentine Park
Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, now the Bishops' Resurrection
Compound of the Cherepovets diocese (Sobornaya Gorka, 1) or the
Resurrection Cathedral - it was the only functioning church in the city
in the Soviet years until 1997.
Temple in honor of the Nativity of
Christ in the former. the village of Christmas (Shekhonskoye) -
recreated on the basis of archival materials in 1992-1996 (Parkovaya
st., 1)
Cathedral of Saints Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets
(Makarinskaya Grove, 1). The Cathedral also operates the Diocesan
Administration of the Cherepovets Diocese of the Vologda Metropolis of
the Russian Orthodox Church.
Temple in the name of St. Nicholas the
Wonderworker (at the railway station)
Chapel in the name of St.
Philip of Irapsky (Sovetsky pr., 31)
Temple in the name of the Icon
of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring" (Embankment St.)
Church of
St. Sergius of Radonezh in the Zasheksninsky district (between the Ice
Palace and the Raduzhny water park)
Multi-format volunteer festival "Summer Outcome" - annual, held since
2013
Festival of poetry and prose "I live in Cherepovets" - annual,
held since 2006
PROVzglyad Short Film Festival - annual, held in
Cherepovets since 2010
Music festival of classical music "Lace" -
annual, held in Cherepovets since 2010
Festival of dance directions
of fitness - annual
International Festival of Piano Duets - annual
from 2001 to 2008
The Jump Above Your Head Festival is an annual
event that has been held since 1994.
Festival "Silver Strings" -
annual, held at CSU since 2000
Festival of school creativity "Welcome
to CSU!" – annual, held at ChSU since 2005
Festival of Flowers in the
Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Galsky Manor" - annual, held since
2011
Festival of bard song "Zaozerye"
Ecofest "GREEN ROCK" has
been held annually since 2015. The village of Gorodishche was chosen as
the site
Hockey club "Severstal"
Hockey club "Almaz"
Basketball club
"Severstal"
Volleyball club "Severstal"
Women's volleyball club
"Severyanka"
Football club "Sheksna"
Club "Velorus"
Football
club "Aist"
Football club "Flagman"
Football club "FOOTBOSTARZ"
Sports tournaments and competitions
Tournament "Golden Puck" -
the championship of the city in ice hockey among amateur teams, annual.
International amateur boxing tournament named after Academician Bardin,
annual.
Traditional hockey tournament in memory of cosmonaut Pavel
Ivanovich Belyaev.
Cherepovets Cup in cross-country (cycling),
annual.
The name of the locality Cherepoves has been mentioned since the 15th
century. In this pre-Russian toponym, the Finno-Ugric base skull-, for
which a convincing explanation has not yet been found, and the element -
all from Fin. vesi - "water". At the end of the 14th - beginning of the
15th centuries, a monastery was founded on the site of the modern city,
which in the sources of the 15th century is referred to as the
Resurrection Monastery in Cherepoves, and in the 16th-18th centuries -
the Cherepovsky Resurrection Monastery. In the course of the
administrative reform in 1777, it was ordered "to establish at the
Cherepovsky Monastery ... a city under the name of Cherepovets."
The map of Didier de Wagondi in the region of the city of Cherepovets on
the opposite bank of the Suda River shows the city of Lukovets
(Lukowec), the same shows the Atlas of the Russian Empire 1745, on later
maps the city of Lyubets is the closest on the road to Cherepovets: the
more ancient cities in this area are Sheksna, which have a Slavic
etymology.
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.
Several centuries were needed 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.
Construction of
Mariinsk canal system in 1810 made a significant impact on the
development of the city. The Mariinsk Canal System connected
Cherepovets with Volga River to the south and the Baltic Sea to the
west. At that time, the city was still in the very early stage of
development with the population of 3000 residents by 1863. For a
long time, the city brickworks with seven workers was the sole
industrial enterprise in Cherepovets.
The development of city
became more dynamic after Emancipation Reform happened in 1861 and
appearance of the shipbuilding industry. The city soon became a
prominent shipbuilding and logistics center tying major regional
rail- and waterways. The population had grown to 10,000 by 1915.
After the revolution, in March 1918, eastern uyezds of the
Novgorod Governorate were renamed to separate Cherepovets
Governorate centered around Cherepovets. The new governorate existed
for less than 10 years. In 1927, it was merged with Leningrad,
Novgorod, Pskov, and Murmansk Governorates into a single Leningrad
Oblast. In September 1937, most of the former Cherepovets
Governorate territories (with the exception of Tikhvin district)
were transferred to the newly established Vologda Oblast.
The
subsequent development of the city is closely tied to the completion
of construction of the Cherepovets metallurgy plant (now known as
Severstal) in 1955, the second-biggest in the country. Unlike the
majority of the most important metallurgy centers in the former
Soviet Union, the location of the future steel plant was selected
far away from the actual mineral resources and deposits. The reason
for that was the logistic advantage of having well-developed
infrastructure that allowed connection of the north and northwest of
the country by rail, road, and waterways into a single operation
system. It connected such remote mining centers as Vorkuta and
Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast.
The rapid growth of industry
center drastically changed the city, and by the early 1960s, its
population exceeded 100,000 residents (three times bigger than the
pre-World War II population). By 1970, Cherepovets had become the
most populated city in Vologda Oblast.
By plane
The only international airport in the Vologda Oblast is
located not in Cherepovets itself, but 25 km from the city. Regular
flights to Moscow (Vnukovo, Domodedovo), St. Petersburg and
Petrozavodsk, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Minsk, Murmansk, Ukhta.
1 Airport, Botovo village.
By train
From Moscow from the
Yaroslavsky railway station on the direct branded train No. 126YA
"Sheksna" (one night on the way) or on any train to Vologda further by
road or electric train (see below).
From Vologda by train. Its
biggest drawback is that it stops at each bush, so it takes a very long
time.
From Vologda by any transit train. It is important to guess "in
the schedule" here. A lot of transit workers pass through Cherepovets at
night, which is inconvenient.
From St. Petersburg on a large number
of transit trains.
Direct trains from Anapa, Adler and Simferopol.
On transit trains going to St. Petersburg from the cities of Perm,
Yekaterinburg, Kotlas, Arkhangelsk, Kirov, Tyumen, Vorkuta, Sharya,
Novokuznetsk, and others.
2 Railway station (Cherepovets I) ,
Zavokzalnaya st., 9 (north of the center). around the clock. The station
is quite large, but before the departure of trains to Moscow or St.
Petersburg, trains can be crowded. There is not much infrastructure:
there is a small buffet, a souvenir shop and rest rooms with the
possibility of settling for several hours. Many bus routes approach the
station, a tram line passes a little further. The area near the station
is not the busiest, but there are several supermarkets within a 5-10
minute walk. Externally, the station is asymmetrical: the left wing from
the side of the tracks is historical, preserved from the time of the
construction of the St. Petersburg-Vologda railway, and the right wing
was added in the 1950s and 2000s.
By car
From Vologda and St.
Petersburg: along the A114 highway.
From Moscow:
along the
federal highway M8 "Kholmogory" through Yaroslavl to Vologda, then along
the A114.
along the M8 to Sergiev Posad, then along the P104 highway
through Uglich, Nagorye, Rybinsk, Poshekhonye.
By bus
Cherepovets is connected by intercity routes with Vologda, St.
Petersburg, Petrozavodsk, Yaroslavl. Within the region, communication is
carried out with the cities and towns of Belozersk, Vytegra, Veliky
Ustyug, Kirillov, Lipin Bor, Babaevo, Ustyuzhna and many others.
Between the bus stations of Cherepovets and Vologda, buses run in both
directions approximately every hour, so if you go to Cherepovets or from
it with a transfer in Vologda, then it is most convenient to get to and
from it by bus.
3 Bus station, st. M. Gorky, 44 (station
square). ☎ +7 (8202) 30-25-07. 5:00–21:00. A small waiting room with
left-luggage offices (6:00–18:00, 30 rubles per hour). There is a
grocery store inside.
On the ship
Cherepovets previously had a
passenger river port, but at present the port operates exclusively for
tourist trips and offsite events.
The main urban transport is buses. The fare is 33 rubles. in
cash, 31 rubles. contactless bank card (2022). All buses on the
routes are large (there are no minibuses), most are new. Buses start
running around 6 am and finish closer to midnight.
The
Cherepovets tram is a typical "factory" network leading from the
residential Zayagorbsky district on the eastern outskirts of the
city to Severstal on the western one. It captures the center
completely by the edge, and a separate “ring” branch leads to the
station. There are three routes: No. 4 through the whole city, but
without stopping at the station, its episodic version No. 2 with a
stop at the station, and “abbreviated” No. 8 from the Zayagorbsky
district to the station. Opening hours and fares are the same as for
buses. It might be interesting to take the tram along Severstal; the
final stop is already behind the checkpoint, where outsiders are not
allowed, but it is quite legal to get to the Hydrogen or Domainnaya
stops.
Taxis are not much different from other cities of the
same size: the main aggregators work, there are many local parks.
Estimated prices excluding traffic jams: within the district - 70-80
rubles, between neighboring districts - 100 rubles, through the
district - 150-180 rubles. (2019).
Cheap
Hotel "Rendezvous", Sovetsky pr., 54 (in the center). ☎
+7 (8202) 74-21-21. 1200 rubles (2011). Rooms with amenities.
Hostel Graffiti, st. Metallurgov, 9 (center). ☎ +7 (8202) 58-00-54,
62-18-77. 350–600 rubles/person (2011). Double and triple rooms with
shared facilities. Access to the Internet.
Average cost
Business hotel, st. Batyushkova, 7a (Zasheksinsky district). ☎ +7
(8202) 32-35-25, 62-32-00. Double room: 1800/2400 rubles (2011).
Hotel for 6 rooms (all with amenities). Breakfast. Free unguarded
parking. Free WiFi.
Hotel "Avelia", st. Krasnodontsev, 124
(Zarechensky district, on the outskirts). ☎ +7 (8202) 62-19-63,
62-19-36, 64-20-74. Double room: 1800 rubles (2011). Rooms with
amenities. Free parking. Internet access claimed.
Azalia Hotel,
st. Krasnodontsev, 126 (Zarechensky district, on the outskirts). ☎
+7 (8202) 64-22-06, 28-04-18, 28-91-46. Double room: 2000 rubles
(2011). 14 rooms, mostly with private facilities. Free parking. Free
WiFi.
Azot Hotel, st. Krasnodontsev, 30A (Zarechensky district).
☎ +7 (8202) 23-66-61, (921) 050-78-00. Double room economy /
standard: 1500/2300 rubles (2011). Single and double rooms with
private facilities; economy and standard differ only in the presence
of European-quality repair. In general, the conditions and reviews
are not bad: free parking, free Wi-Fi, but far from the center.
Hotel "Voskresenskaya", Sovetsky pr., 82 (in the center). ☎ +7
(8202) 51-11-08. Double room: 2200 rubles (2011). A small hotel
containing specially designed deluxe rooms and regular economy class
rooms (amenities on the floor). Breakfast.
Hotel "Harmony",
Vologodskaya st., 35 (in the center). ☎ +7 (8202) 50-46-55. Double
room without amenities / with amenities: 1400/2000 rubles. Another
mini-hotel of incomprehensible content.
Gloria Hotel,
Ustyuzhenskaya st., 7 (western outskirts of Cherepovets). ☎ +7
(8202) 22-06-31, 22-86-18. The hotel is located on the first floor
of the hostel. Conflicting reviews.
Hotel "Unity", st. Lomonosov,
19 (southwest of the center). ☎ +7 (8202) 22-88-89. The hotel has
been converted from a residential building. Conflicting reviews.
Hotel "Leningrad", blvd. Domenshchikov, 36 (center). ☎ +7 (8202)
57-38-27, 57-16-22. Double room: from 1500 rubles (2011). An
ordinary Soviet hotel with expensive renovated and cheap old rooms.
Free parking, breakfast. Wi-Fi announced.
Hotel "Metallurg",
Vologodskaya st., 5a (in the center). ☎ +7 (8202) 55-47-78
(booking), 57-26-11 (administrator). Double room: 2500 rubles
(2011). Comfortable and spacious rooms recently renovated. Free
parking, breakfast, Wi-Fi. Good feedback.
Hotel "Northern Dawns",
st. Krasnodontsev, 30 (Zarechensky district). ☎ +7 (8202) 23-83-43,
23-83-40. Double room: 3000 rubles (2011). Recently renovated Soviet
hotel. Rooms with amenities, but the reviews are extremely
contradictory. Breakfast. Free WiFi.
Hotel "Steelprokatchik",
Ustyuzhenskaya st., 9 (on the western outskirts). ☎ +7 (8202)
57-29-32. Single room without amenities / with amenities: 850 / from
1800 rubles (2008). Renovated and old rooms vary greatly in price
and level of comfort. Expensive rooms have Wi-Fi.
Hotel and
recreation complex "Planeta", st. Mont-Clair, 17a (Zasheksinsky
district). ☎ +7 (8202) 32-15-31, 31-82-63. local number: 2400/2800
rubles (2011). Single and double rooms with private facilities.
Restaurant. Guarded parking. There is Wi-Fi.
Expensive
Arm
Premier Hotel, Northern Highway 45a (northeast of downtown). ☎ +7
(8202) 29-10-99. Double room: 4800 rubles (2011). New building,
comfortable and expensive rooms, but rather inconvenient location.
Restaurant. Free WiFi. Good feedback.
Hotel "Versailles",
Sovetsky pr. 47 (in the center). ☎ +7 (8202) 51-90-86, 51-91-59.
Single / double room: 2200/3600 rubles (2011). Single and double
rooms with private facilities. Breakfast. Free WiFi. Conflicting
reviews.
Mini-hotel "Discovery", st. Godovikova, 8 (Zasheksinsky
district). From 3000 rubles (2011). Three rooms, "elite sauna" is
promoted.
Hotel Amparo, st. Lenina, 52 (center). ☎ +7 (8202)
51-11-53. Double room: 4200 rubles (2011). Nice modern hotel with
its own restaurant. Breakfast or half board. There is Wi-Fi
(possibly paid).
VIP-Hotel, st. Novoselskaya, 13/34
(Zasheksninsky district). ☎ +7 (8202) 60-44-77. Double rooms: from
3000 rubles (2011). A hotel with a pretentious name in one of the
most remote areas of the city. Rooms with amenities. Guarded
parking. Free WiFi.
Hotel "Scandinavia" , pr. Lunacharskogo, 22
(at the intersection of Milyutina and Labor streets). ☎
+78202552888. around the clock. 3700-4800 rub. Hotel in the center
of Cherepovets with 24 rooms. Three floors, one of which is an
attic. Rooms with all amenities: air conditioning, TV, bed with
orthopedic mattress, bathroom with a complete set of hotel perfumes.
In the country
Recreation center "Gorodishche", 8 km on the
road to Rybinsk. ☎ +7 (8202) 64-69-39.
Rest house "Torovo", 13 km
west of Cherepovets. ☎ +7 (8202) 53-72-05. 1000 rubles / person
(2011). On the banks of the Rybinsk reservoir, owned by Severstal.
Fishing and tourist base "Upper Rybinka", village. Vichelovo (15 km
south of Cherepovets, on the banks of the Rybinsk reservoir). ☎ +7
(8202) 55-15-13. 1900 rubles/person without meals (2011).
Accommodation in cottages with private facilities. Hunting, fishing,
restaurant.
Cheap
Heat Pizza. ☎ 52-62-52. Pizza: from 120 rubles (2011).
Cherepovets chain of simple and budget cafes with pizza, salads and
pies. There is home delivery.
Sovetsky pr. 35b (free Wi-Fi)
st. Belinsky 1/3 (Zarechensky district)
st. Krasnodontsev, 56
(Zarechensky district) - pie
90 Pobedy Ave. — pirogovaya
Cafe Vinaigrette, st. Maxim Gorky, 85. 8–23.
Cafe "Pen-Pnyom",
st. Maxim Gorky, 26. 10–22. Self-service cafe with an emphasis on
national cuisine.
McDonald's. Around the clock, sanitary hour
4:00-5:00. A small standard McDonald's with a hall for 100 seats and
an entrance for shopping directly from the car.
Prospekt Pobedy,
100a
Sheksninsky pr. 2
Average cost
Restaurant Il
Patio, st. Lenina, 48. 12–24. Indistinguishable from similar
restaurants in other cities. Free WiFi.
Restaurant "Genatsvale
Vaniko", Pervomayskaya st. 50.
Restaurant "Munich beer", st.
Mira, 18. Inexpensive beer restaurant.
Restaurant "Pirosmani",
Pobedy Ave., 58b. Hot dishes: 200–300 rubles (2011). Georgian
cuisine.
Restaurant courtyard "Karavai", Sovetsky pr. 75
(second and third floors). 12–24. On the third floor, a coffee shop,
a sushi bar, a pizzeria and a steak bar are gathered under one roof,
and on the second floor there is a full-fledged restaurant. Wi-Fi
announced.
Expensive
Restaurant "Deja Vu", st.
Krasnodontsev, 30 (Zarechensky district, in the building of the
hotel "Northern Dawns"). Hot dishes: from 400 rubles (2011). French
cuisine, many culinary delights.
Restaurant "Sushi-san", st.
Pervomayskaya, 30A, on the second floor, the entrance from the
street is shared with the food supermarket located on the first
(Zarechensky district). 12–24 (Fri and Sat, until 3). Hot dishes:
250–450 rubles (2011). Proper Japanese restaurant. Despite the name,
the assortment is not limited to sushi, but includes almost all the
main types of Japanese dishes. Good feedback.
Trattoria La Ville,
Pobedy Ave., 100 (Zarechensky district). 12–24 (Fri and Sat, until
5). Pasta: 200–350 rubles, hot dishes: from 300 rubles (2011).
Proper Italian restaurant. Good feedback.
Coffee houses
Coffee house "Coffee Maxx", st. Lenina, 39. 9–1 (Fri and Sat, until
3). Coffee: from 80 rubles (2010). Large selection of coffees, as
well as soups, salads and pancakes. Good feedback. Free WiFi.
Coffee house "Kofeynik", Pobeda avenue, 68. 8–5. Coffee: from 60
rubles (2010). Nice coffee shop crossed with Italian fast food type
(pizza, pasta selection). Mostly good reviews. edit
Coffee house
"Little Italy", st. Maxim Gorky, 51. 9.30–24. Coffee and pizza.
Wi-Fi announced.
Coffee house "Shokoladnitsa", Pobeda avenue, 93
(Zarechensky district, shopping center "Rassvet"). 10–21. Network
cafe. Wi-Fi announced.
Bars
Pub "Britain", st. Lenina, 43. Opening hours: from 11 to the
last client. Hot dishes: from 300 rubles (2011). The interior is really
stylized as a British pub, and the menu has several varieties of draft
English and Irish beers. Free WiFi.
Pub "Two Pints", st.
Pervomaiskaya, 50 (Zarechensky district). Hot dishes: from 250 rubles
(2011). In fact, a beer restaurant with perhaps the best assortment of
draft beer in Cherepovets (exclusively foreign). In the pub itself, the
choice of food is small, but dishes can also be ordered from the nearby
Aviator restaurant, which offers not only European, but also Japanese
cuisine.
Clubs
Night club "Platina" and restaurant
"Chocolate", st. Ledneva, 4 (Zarechensky district). 18–6. Hot dishes:
from 300 rubles (2011). A full-fledged nightclub with strict face
control. The restaurant is located inside the club and, oddly enough, it
has a quiet, cozy atmosphere, as well as good European cuisine with an
inevitable touch of sushi.
The store "Suveniry" on Sovetskij Prospect has some of the best souvenirs in Russia at the best prices, including local crafts and costumes. There are many stores along Sovetskij Prospect and Prospect Lenina to find really anything you need, although you're better off buying some things in the major cities. In addition, there are many shopping centers throughout the city, and they continue to be built.
Free public Wi-Fi points are available in several squares and squares and in some buses and trams.
In Cherepovets, you should be careful and attentive in the area of Bardin, Chkalova and Ustyuzhenskaya streets, the unofficial name is the Bermuda Triangle. As a rule, these streets are dominated by drunken youth. It is recommended, if possible, to avoid visiting these streets at night, otherwise the impression of the rest in Cherepovets will be spoiled.
The city of Cherepovets is located in the central part of the East European Plain, in the southwest of the Vologda Oblast. The geographical coordinates of the city are 59°08′ s. sh. 37°55′ E d.HGЯO. Cherepovets is equidistant from Moscow (to the north) and from St. Petersburg (to the east) at 530 km. The distance to the regional center — the city of Vologda — is 126 km. Modern Cherepovets is located on the banks of the rivers belonging to the Volga basin: Sheksna (+ Yagorba + Serovka, + Rogue) and Courts (+ Koshta, + Nelaz). Cherepovets is located at the intersection of 3 transport routes: 6 km to the north lies the highway A114 "Vologda - Novaya Ladoga"; a railway line passes through Cherepovets (Northern Railway); the city has a port on the Volga-Baltic waterway. The airport is located 21 km from the city center, with regular connections to the capitals and regular international flights.
The climate of the city is determined by its geographical location, a small amount of solar radiation. Cherepovets is located in the temperate continental region of the temperate climate zone. A characteristic feature is the frequent change of air masses, due to the rapid passage of baric formations during the year. The seasonal change of prevailing wind directions is clearly expressed. Most of the year, southerly winds prevail, the frequency of which is 23% per year. East (7%) and northwest winds (7%) are less common.
The results of long-term observations of the state of atmospheric
air, carried out by the laboratory of Roshydromet, show that all
residential areas of the city, to one degree or another, experience a
certain technogenic load. The study of the monthly variability of the
collective indicator of atmospheric pollution allows us to conclude that
the most unfavorable situation in the city develops in the spring-autumn
period, when adverse weather conditions (NMC) occur more often,
worsening the dispersion of harmful substances and contributing to their
accumulation in the atmosphere due to weak wind, the impact of thermal
stability and the formation of inversions, or changing the direction of
the transfer of impurities emitted into the atmosphere. In this regard,
the most unfavorable for the city is the western direction of the wind,
in which emissions from many sources are transferred towards residential
buildings.
An increased level of air pollution is more often
observed in the Industrial and Northern districts, as they are located
closer to the industrial site of the metallurgical plant. However, due
to predominantly northerly winds, a significant part of the emissions
settles in the Zasheksna region. The ecological situation in this area
is also aggravated due to the almost complete absence of trees in this
part of the city and the high population density (mostly multi-storey
buildings, with more than 5 floors of houses).
Emissions of air
pollutants from stationary sources in Cherepovets in 2018 amounted to
312.8 thousand tons, or about 1 ton per 1 person/year.
The
discharge of polluted wastewater into surface water bodies in the city
of Cherepovets in 2009 was 29.7 million cubic meters, including 0.5
million cubic meters without treatment.
The city is divided into four districts:
Industrial
Zayagorbsky
Zasheksinsky
Northern
The industrial district is the oldest, historical core of the city,
the active formation of which began in the 18th century. It is the most
economically developed area. The ecological situation within the
boundaries of the region is unfavorable due to the proximity to the
production facilities of PJSC Severstal:
Until recently, the entire
territory of the district fell within a 5-kilometer sanitary protection
zone (SPZ) from the plant, but in 2004 a new SPZ was approved with a
radius of 1 km from the main sources of pollutant emissions into the
atmosphere. As a result, residential development was outside this zone.
Nevertheless, given that the implementation of environmental measures to
reduce emissions into the atmosphere is designed for the period up to
2015, in order to reduce the exposure load on the population living in
close proximity to the industrial zone, a decision was made to resettle
the residents of part of quarters No. 213 and 214
In the future,
the resettlement of residents from quarters 213 and 214 will make it
possible to place in this zone a city career guidance center, classrooms
and workshops of secondary educational institutions, a cultural center
of the educational zone, office premises and objects of food,
manufactured goods and wholesale and retail trade.
It is planned
to improve the environmental situation in the Industrial District by
transferring some industries - for example, the Krasnaya Zvezda plant,
reducing emissions of harmful substances - for the Cherepovets Steel
Structures Plant OJSC. The same applies to other enterprises that
violate the regulations of the SPZ - OJSC "Cherepovets Steel Rolling
Plant", OJSC "Cherepovets Confectionery Factory", OJSC "Cherepovets
Distillery".
Zayagorbsky district
The Zayagorbsky District is
located on the left bank of the Yagorba River and is connected to the
Industrial District by the Yagorbsky Bridge. The largest residential
area of the city in terms of population, about 130 thousand people live
in it (more than 1/3 of the entire population of the city). In the
people it is called "Zarechie".
On the territory occupied by
low-rise individual buildings, an architectural dominant will be formed,
combining residential, public and business, cultural and entertainment
functions. This is one of the projects to create a "river facade" of the
city. Objects for municipal, warehouse and industrial purposes are being
redeveloped, it is planned to expand the Makarinskaya grove by
organizing a park in the coastal zone, as well as the improvement of the
Zarechensky beach. The southeastern part of the District, occupied by
urban forests, is planned to be used as a sports and recreational area.
Zasheksinsky district
The Zasheksninsky district is located on
the left bank of the Sheksna and is connected to the right bank by the
Oktyabrsky and Arkhangelsky bridges. It is promising in terms of
construction and expansion of the city's territories, with the aim of
further looping urban roads. In the everyday life of the townspeople,
this area is also called the "104th microdistrict", according to the
numbering of one of the first microdistricts of the Zasheksninsky
district.
There is a microdistrict of new development near fire
station No. 55, popularly called Severstalevsky, Cheryomushki, from the
abbreviated name of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant (ChMK), the
official name is the 112th microdistrict. In 2015, at the initiative of
veterans of PJSC Severstal, the microdistrict was renamed into Yu. V.
Lipukhin microdistrict.
Northern region
The size of the
territory is the smallest of the urban areas. A plywood and furniture
factory is located here, after which the area is popularly called
"Plywood". There is also a match factory, a dairy plant and a meat
processing plant.
New Corners
The village is located in the
center of the industrial zone of Cherepovets - 12 km from the city
center. The final stop of city routes No. 5 and No. 19. The local
combined school-kindergarten - MAOU "Educational Center No. 36" -
belongs to the Department of Education of the Cherepovets City Hall. The
subsidiary farm "New Corners" is a project of the Cherepovets
Metallurgical Plant, which was subsequently sold and declared bankrupt.
The village of Yasnaya Polyana belongs to the Tonshalovsky rural
settlement of the Cherepovets region, although in fact it is located
between Cherepovets and its industrial zone. City routes pass through it
with stops.
The basis of the economic potential of Cherepovets is formed by
enterprises of ferrous metallurgy and the chemical complex.
The
leading enterprises of the city are PJSC Severstal, OJSC
Severstal-metiz, JSC Apatit (created as a result of the merger of OJSC
Ammophos and OJSC Cherepovetsky Azot, and other plants of OJSC
Phosagro), which employ 40% of the townspeople .
The city has
wood and metal processing, food and light industries, and a construction
complex.
There are more than 1,500 small and medium enterprises
in Cherepovets. In Russia, the city occupies one of the first positions
in terms of industrial output per capita, which is more than twice the
national level.
The economic potential of the city is formed by
the two largest metallurgical enterprises, such as Severstal and the
Cherepovets Steel Rolling Plant, and the chemical production of JSC
Apatit, which account for 75% of industrial products manufactured in the
city.
The index of industrial production in the city as a whole
for 2006 was 105.3% (in Vologda - 104.1%, in the whole region - 105.2%).
The share of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant in the output of
Russian rolled products is approximately 14%; it is one of the four
largest producers of this product in the country. The steel-rolling
plant, reconstructed in 1996, is one of the largest enterprises in the
hardware industry in Russia, annually producing 1.15 million tons of
finished products. An important role in the city's economy is played by
two large chemical associations - suppliers of mineral fertilizers,
sulfuric acid, ammonia and carbamide "Ammofos" and "Azot". Their share
in the total volume of urban industrial output is 11%.
In the
fuel and energy complex, the main place is occupied by energy. The
region receives 50% of electricity from other energy systems - Tver,
Kostroma, Kirov, Leningrad and Yaroslavl.
The retail trade
turnover of Cherepovets enterprises in 2007 amounted to 18 billion
rubles. In comparable prices, the retail turnover of Cherepovets trade
enterprises is 19% higher than in 2006. In the structure of retail trade
turnover in 2007, 50.2%, or 9 billion 36 million rubles, were food
products, 49.8%, or 8 billion 964 million rubles, were non-food
products. Since the beginning of 2007, enterprises and organizations of
the city have provided paid services to the population for a total of 10
billion 500 million rubles. In comparable prices, the volume of sales of
paid services in Cherepovets increased by 12.5% this year compared to
2006. The turnover of public catering enterprises in Cherepovets in 2007
is 992 million rubles, in comparable prices compared to last year it
increased by 8.7%. Since the beginning of 2009, Cherepovets, like other
industrial cities in Russia, has been experiencing a global economic
crisis. As of November 2009, the number of unemployed is 6800 people.
At the end of 2018, Cherepovets single-industry town entered the
TOP-10 leaders of the annual rating of single-industry towns. The rating
comprehensively assesses the activity and efficiency of the work of
local governments, the level of development of SMEs, the urban economy
and the urban environment. The annual ranking of single-industry towns
was formed for the first time as part of the implementation of the
activities of the Integrated Development of Single-industry Towns
program (2016–2018). Head of the priority program - Irina Makieva (since
August 2018 - General Director of the Fund for the Development of
Monotowns).
Cherepovets ranked 9th in the ranking of the largest industrial
centers of Russia in 2011.
Enterprises
Severstal
PhosAgro
dairy plant
Plywood and furniture factory
Foundry and mechanical
plant