Petrozavodsk
| Petrozavodsk (English) Петрозаводск (Russian) Petroskoi (Karelian) |
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.svg) Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia |
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| City Day | Last Saturday of June |
| Administrative status (as of April 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk |
| Capital of | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative center of | city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk,Prionezhsky District |
| Municipal status (as of November 2011) | |
| Urban okrug | Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug, Prionezhsky Municipal District |
| Mayor | Galina Shirshina |
| Representative body | City Council |
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| Area | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 261,987 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 71st |
| Density | 1,941/km2 (5,030/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1703 |
| City status since | March 21, 1777 |
| Previous names |
Petrovskaya Sloboda (until 1777), Petrozavodsk (until 1941), Äänislinna (until 1944) |
| Postal code(s) | 185000–185003, 185005, 185007, 185009–185016, 185019, 185023, 185026, 185028, 185030–185035, 185700, 185890, 185899, 185910, 185960–185963, 185965, 185970, 185980–185983, 185985 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8142 |
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Petrozavodsk (Russian: Петрозаводск; IPA: [pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk]; Karelian/Vepsian/Finnish: Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers (17 mi). Population: 261,987 (2010 Census);266,160 (2002 Census);269,485 (1989 Census).
Archeological discoveries in the urban area indicate the presence of a settlement as far back as seven thousand years ago, and during the Middle Ages the site of modern city was marked by several lakeside villages. Within the city limits, the district of Solomennoje appears in surviving records dating back to the sixteenth century, and a map produced by the Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius at the end of that century places a settlement here called Onegaborg on the site of modern Petrozavodsk.
On September 11, 1703, Prince Menshikov founded the settlement of Petrovskaya Sloboda ("Petrine Sloboda"). He did so at the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, who needed a new iron foundry to manufacture cannons and anchors for the Baltic Fleet at the time of the Great Northern War (1700–1721). At first the foundry used the name Shuysky zavod (literally, "factory at the Shuya River"), but a decade later it became Petrovsky zavod ("Petrine factory"), after the name of the reigning monarch. From this form the present name of the city derives.
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