Place:Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Severo-zapadny, Russia

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NamePetrozavodsk
Alt namesPetroskoisource: Wikipedia
Петрозаво́дскsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Coordinates61.783°N 34.333°E
Located inKarelia, Severo-zapadny, Russia     (1703 - )
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Petrozavodsk (; Karelian, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population is

It was previously known as Shuysky Zavod (1703–1704) and Petrovskaya Sloboda (1704–1777). An ancient Swedish name was Onegaborg, known from a map from 1592 of the Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius, and hence translated to Finnish as Äänislinna, a name used during the occupation of Eastern Karelia by Finnish forces during the Continuation War (1941–1944) in the context of World War II.

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