[sher-buh-kawf, -kof; Russ. shchyir-buh-kawf] 
| a former name (1946–57) of Andropov. |
[rib-insk; Russ. ri-byinsk] | 1. | a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NNE of Moscow, on the Volga near the Rybinsk Reservoir. 254,000. Formerly, Andropov (1984–90), Shcherbakov (1946–57). |
| 2. | Also called Rybinsk Reservoir. a reservoir in the N central Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Volga River. 1768 sq. mi. (4579 sq. km). |
Shcherbakov
city, Yaroslavl oblast (province), northwestern Russia, on the Volga River. The 12th-century village of Rybnaya sloboda became the town of Rybinsk in 1777. Its river port flourished after the opening (1810) of the Mariinsk Waterway, linking the Volga to the Baltic Sea, and again with the latter's reconstruction as the deep Volga-Baltic Waterway in 1964. A wide range of engineering and other products are made in the city.
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