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 Welcome to Petrozavodsk Travel Guide - a detailed online guidebook on sightseeing and shopping, health, transportation, emergency contacts, tipping, staying in touch, museum listings and entertainment in Petrozavodsk. Comprehensive bar and restaurant guides are also included.
It can be frustrating and time-consuming to research your travel destination. We live and work in Petrozavodsk and know it like a back of our hand. We are always happy when people come and visit our beautiful home city and want you to have as much information about Petrozavodsk as possible. That is why we have put together an online Petrozavodsk Travel Guide full of essential information for your trip.
Petrozavodsk is the capital of Karelia and the center of the Republic's industry, culture, and science. There are about 266,000 inhabitants. At the command of Peter the Great, the great iron foundry and cannon factory were built on the shores of Onego in 1703. Around the factory the Petrovskaya sloboda (settlement) developed. The factory became famous because of the cannons and also because of the art castings. In 1777, during the reign of Catherine the Great, who was the first foreigner to sit upon the Russian throne, the village was granted the status of a town and named Petrozavodsk. Petrozavodsk has been built on the western shore of Onego. Its length and width are 10 km and 2 km, respectively.
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