englishSimilar presentations:
My favorite city is Cherepovets
1. My favorite city is Cherepovets
2.
Cherepovets is the largest city in the Vologda region.It is rare when a city that is not the capital of a
region is bigger than it.
Cherepovets is considered to be the industrial center
of Russia.
Favorable geographical position made it an
important port for the five seas due to the VolgaBaltic channel.
3.
In the vicinity of Cherepovets, dozens ofarchaeological sites, mostly Stone Age sites, were
discovered.
The first mention of the city dates back to 1362.
It was then that the Resurrection Monastery was
founded here.
4.
Located on a large river, Cherepovets, becamefamous for the only in Russia those years of
fishing.
For a long time the city in Sheksna remained an
ordinary county town.
Only with the beginning of the construction of
the Mariinsky water system does its rapid
development begin.
5. Interesting attractions
— The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. The ancient structure,impregnated with prayers, silence, peace and tranquility is the center of
the Orthodox life of the city.
6.
— Chapel of the icon of the Mother of God «Life-giving source». Thename of the chapel was due to the healing spring, which is nearby.
7.
— The embankment. Among the beautiful green hill you can see cozy benches,stairs, paths leading to the embankment. Walking along it, you can see the sights of
the city associated with its history. It is an old passenger station, ferries with cargo, a
shipyard, Russia’s first cable-stayed bridge, Cherepovets pleasure ships, as a port of
five seas.
8.
— Museum of Nature. Local forests, rivers, countless lakes have always been famous forthe abundance of different animals. Even the huge mammoths, whose remains can be seen
in the museum, roamed the reserved places of the Vologda region.
9.
As for nature, Cherepovets is a habitat for rare species of birds, listed in the RedBook protected by the state.
10.
On the territory of the region grows 35 species of plants listed in the redbook.