a city in W central Russia, on the River Volga: an important river port, terminal of the Mariinsk Waterway (between Saint Petersburg and the Volga) at the SE end of the Rybinsk Reservoir (area: 4700 sq km (1800 sq miles)). Pop: 218 000 (2005 est)
Former names: (from the Revolution until 1957) Shcherbakov or (1984–91) Andropov
Rybinsk in American English
(ˈrɪˌbɪnsk)
1.
city in W European Russia, on Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 248,000
see also Andropov2
2.
artificial lake on the upper Volga: c. 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km)