Petrozavodsk

[ pe-truh-zuh-votsk; Russian pyi-truh-zuh-vawtsk ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, in the NW Russian Federation in Europe.

Petrozavodsk

/ pɪtrəzaˈvɔtsk /

noun

1. a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est