Editing Cherepovets (section)

==Economy==
Cherepovets is an important industrial center in northwestern Russia, mostly known as the country's largest steel manufacturing plant, with exports going to more than 50 countries around the world.

===Metallurgy===
The city began growing rapidly with the construction of steel mills in the late 1930s. The first blast furnace was put into operation in 1955. The first Cherepovets iron was produced in August 1955 and steel in May 1958. In February 1959, the first ingot was rolled in a blooming mill, and in November of the same year, the first hot-rolled plate was produced.

Nowadays, complex processes of iron and steel production are highly automated. The workshops have been modernized according to the latest advances in engineering and technology of metal production. The [[joint-stock company]] '[[Severstal]]' (LSE, MOEX) is a global exporter of ferrous and nonferrous metals: iron, steel, hot-rolled plates, cold roll-formed shapes, and other products.

===Chemical industry===
The second largest industry in the city is the chemical industry. Its main production area is concentrated in mineral fertilizers. [[PhosAgro]] (LSE, MOEX) is the largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers and phosphoric and sulfuric acids in Europe.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} It is also one of the leading producers of [[NPK]] fertilizers, [[ammonia]], and [[ammonium nitrate]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vologda-oblast.ru/en/about_the_region/economy/key_industries/%D1%81hemical_industry/|title=Chemical Industry|publisher=Vologda Oblast Official Website|access-date=17 May 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043622/http://vologda-oblast.ru/en/about_the_region/economy/key_industries/%D1%81hemical_industry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As an outcome of the high volume of metallurgical and chemical production, Cherepovets is one of the most heavily polluted cities in the world. According to a 2011 assessment, the city ranked second only after [[Norilsk]], Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20110623/164796740_3.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709065050/http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20110623/164796740_3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|title=Russia's top 10 most polluted cities|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|access-date=December 17, 2011}}</ref>

===Transportation===
Cherepovets is served by [[Cherepovets Airport]], which is a hub for [[Severstal Air Company]]. Cherepovets has rail and road access to [[Vologda]], the administrative center of the oblast, to [[Moscow]], the capital of Russia, and to [[Saint Petersburg|St.&nbsp;Petersburg]]. In addition, it is served by [[:ru:Череповецкий трамвай|Cherepovets Trams]] which has been active since 1956. The location by the [[Sheksna|Sheksna River]] makes water transportation down the [[Volga–Baltic Waterway]] possible, with further access to the [[Baltic Sea]]. The first-ever [[cable-stayed bridge]] in Russia, Oktyabrsky Bridge was built in the city in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gpsm.ru/deyatelnost/oktyabrskij-most-sheksna-cherepovc/|title=Октябрьский мост через реку Шексну в Череповце — Гипростроймост|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205164832/https://gpsm.ru/deyatelnost/oktyabrskij-most-sheksna-cherepovc/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
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Tsrpv01 0718 101g.jpg| Cherepovets Railway Station
Cherepovets_(CEE_-_ULWC)_AN1774921.jpg|[[Cherepovets Airport]]
Industrialnyy rayon, Cherepovets, Vologodskaya oblast', Russia - panoramio (20).jpg|[[:ru:Череповецкий трамвай|Cherepovets Trams]]
Cserepoveci híd.jpg|October bridge over [[Sheksna|Sheksna River]],the first [[cable-stayed bridge]] in Russia
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