Как добраться. Транспорт
Водохранилище большое по размеру, поэтому подъехать к нему можно с разных сторон: из Вологды – в Череповец, из Ярославля – в Рыбинск, а далее осмотр водохранилища возможен путем перемещения вдоль его берега из указанных выше городов.
Описание (английский)
Rybinsk Reservoir, informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located in the Tver, Vologda, and Yaroslavl Oblasts. At the time of its construction, it was the largest man-made body of water on Earth. It is the northernmost point of the Volga. The Volga-Baltic Waterway starts from there. The principal ports are Cherepovets in Vologda Oblast and Vesyegonsk in Tver Oblast.
The construction of the dam in Rybinsk
started in 1935. The filling of the reservoir started on April 14,
1941, and continued until 1947. Some 150,000 people had to be resettled
elsewhere, and the historic town of Mologa
in Yaroslavl Oblast along with 663 villages have completely disappeared
under water. In recent years however, it has been increasingly viewed
as a typical example of Stalinism for its disregard of the interests of the local people affected by the project. Today the dam is less important for hydroelectric power supply (output is 346 MW) than it used to be, and the ecological damage caused by the reservoir is being reassessed.