What is Cherepovets?
'''Cherepovets''' ({{lang-ru|Череповец}}) is a city in [[European Russia]]. It is the largest city of the [[Vologda Oblast]] of [[Russia]], but not the capital, which is [[Vologda]]. As of 2024, the city has 298,000 people. {{Infobox settlement |name = Cherepovets |native_name = Череповец |image_skyline = Камерный театр. Череповец.JPG |imagesize = 200px |image_shield = Cherepovets COA (2002).gif |image_flag = Flag of Cherepovets (Vologda oblast).svg |coordinates = {{coord|59|07|N|37|54|E|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Russia}} }} == History == Cherepovets was founded by two orthodox monks Feodosy and Afanasy in November 4, 1777. In 1362, they founded the Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, in the vicinity of which 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 Fedosyevo into a prominent trade, manufacturing, and regional transportation center. Cherepovets was really founded in 1777 by Catherine the Great and became the center in the administrative structure of the Novgorod Governorate. The construction of the Mariinsk canal system in 1810 made a important impact on the development of Cherepovets. The Mariinsk Canal System connected Cherepovets with the Volga River to the south and the Baltic Sea to the west. At that time, Cherepovets was still at a very early stage of development with a population of 3,000 people by 1863. For a long time, the city brickworks with seven workers was the sole industrial enterprise in Cherepovets. The development of the city changed with bringing more development, and progress after Emancipation Reform happened in 1861 and the appearance of the shipbuilding industry. Cherepovets soon became a prominent shipbuilding and logistics center connecting major regional railways and waterways. In 1915, Cherepovets' population grew to 10,000. After the revolution of Cherepovets, in March 1918, eastern people of the Novgorod Gov