Cherepovets

Like Vologda, Cherepovets is located between two capitals — you can get from Moscow to Cherepovets by car along the M-8 Kholmogory highway (the distance from Moscow to Cherepovets is 580 kilometers through Vologda or 450 kilometers through Rybinsk), from St. Petersburg driving 537 kilometers.

Cherepovets is home to the Severstal International Airport, as well as a large river port. The largest rivers are the Sheksna and Yagorba.