16 interesting facts about Cherepovets

The large city of Cherepovets is a powerful industrial center. But not only with a single industry does he live! Exceeding the size of the capital of other countries, Cherepovets is gradually improving, although it is still a very convenient city. Yes, and cute too, especially since there have been quite a few interesting places from ancient times.

It is first mentioned in chronicles dated 1362.
Cherepovets grew out of the monastery, around which the city gradually grew.
Once, a frost of -45.4 degrees Celsius was recorded here.
Cherepovets received the status of the city only in 1777.
There are no shuttles, and never was. But there are private buses belonging to different companies, not the city administration.
There are no paid car parks in Cherepovets. Free, however, is also not enough for all motorists.
In 1941, part of the city was flooded after filling the Rybinsk reservoir.

Primitive people lived on the territory of modern Cherepovets back in the Mesolithic, in the Stone Age.
At the beginning of the 19th century, less than a thousand people lived in the city.
During the Civil War, about a third of all residents of Cherepovets were illiterate.
In 2011, it was included in the top ten largest industrial centers in Russia. Ferrous metallurgy is very developed here.
The October bridge in Cherepovets, opened in 1979, became the first cable-stayed bridge in Russia.
By 2017, the wired radio was completely turned off here.
In Cherepovets there are 46 schools, as well as a number of other educational institutions.
It has ten twin cities, nine of which are located in other countries.
Cherepovetskaya street is in 14 cities of Russia and 5 cities of Ukraine.