Yaroslavl is a
city and the
administrative center of
Yaroslavl Oblast,
Russia, located northeast of
Moscow. The historic part of the city, a
World Heritage Site, is located at the
confluence of the
Volga and the
Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the
Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that has played an important role in Russian history. Population:
Geography
Location
The city lies in the eastern portion of
Yaroslavl Oblast. The nearest large towns are
Tutayev ( to the northwest),
Gavrilov-Yam ( to the south), and
Nerekhta ( to the southeast). The historic center of Yaroslavl lies to the north of the mouth of the
Kotorosl River on the right bank of the larger
Volga River. The city's entire urban area covers around and includes a number of territories south of the Kotorosl and on the left bank of the Volga. With over 600,000 residents, Yaroslavl is, by population, the largest town on the Volga until it reaches
Nizhny Novgorod. It is a large transport node, and a great number of important national and regional roads, railways, and waterways pass through the city. In fact many of the roads that connect Yaroslavl to Moscow and beyond are two-lane highways.
