Rybinsk stands on the confluence of the rivers Volga and Sheksna close to the Rybinskoe Reservoir. Its current name is derived from the Russian word for fish – ‘ryba’, which is explained by the fact that the city once supplied the royal court in Moscow with sturgeons and other fish. The city can be easily visited from both Yaroslavl and Moscow, and can be combined with a visit to Tutaev, Myshkin or Uglich.