Rybinsk is the second largest city of the Yaroslavl Region. It is part of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. The population is 182,383 people (2021).
The city is regarded the successor to settlement Ust-Sheksna, which was located on the opposite bank of the Volga relatively to historic Rybinsk. The first recorded mentioning of Ust-Sheksna dates back to 1071, which makes Rybinsk one of the five most ancient cities in the region. The status of a town was granted to Rybinsk in 1777 by Decree of Catherine II On the transformation of Rybnaya Sloboda in to the town of Rybnoy. Before the October Revolution, it was the largest center of corn trade, the transshipping center of the Mariinsky water system, infamously known as the capital of barge haulers. After construction of the Rybinsk HPP in the 1930s, a Rybinsk water storage reservoir appeared to the north-west of the town that was the world’s largest artificial reservoir for its time.
The territory of the city accommodates 43 large- and medium-scale industrial enterprises producing most diverse products. The leading branches of mechanical engineering are engine manufacturing, shipbuilding, power engineering, instrument making industry, electrical equipment and cable production, road building and specialized machinery manufacturing.
The postal stamp provides images of the Ust-Sheksna archeological site, a cityscape with the Cathedral of Transfiguration of the Savior and the Rybinsk Reserve Museum.
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