The city of Rybinsk has an advantageous geographical location — it is located three hundred kilometers from Moscow, and eighty from Yaroslavl. In three pretty large rivers, besides many small tributaries and streams. Rybinsk is situated on both banks of the Volga river. The area of the city is mostly flat, sometimes marshy, because it runs through the city conditional border of mixed forests and taiga.
In Rybinsk there own hydroelectric power plant. The dam that forms the Rybinsk reservoir, simultaneously overlaps the channel of the two rivers — the Volga and the Sheksna, which when merged form a large artificial lake. The city has a temperate continental climate, with long cold winters and warm summers. The city's population is now a little less than two hundred thousand people, but every year the number decreases — the five hundred people every year are leaving Rybinsk, migrating to other cities. The national composition of the city is mainly represented by the Russian population.
The main branch of development in Rybinsk — this industry. The total number of all enterprises and organizations more than four and a half thousand. Energy and electrical industry is represented by the Rybinsk hydroelectric power station