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Petrozavodsk

American  
[pe-truh-zuh-votsk, pyi-truh-zuh-vawtsk] / ˌpɛ trə zəˈvɒtsk, pjɪ trə zʌˈvɔtsk /

noun

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


Petrozavodsk British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Natalya Sevets-Yermolina, who comes from the northern city of Petrozavodsk, says she's not in a hurry.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2024

Starting Thursday, Finland will only permit Russians to apply for tourist visas once a week and in just four Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk and Petrozavodsk close to the Finnish border.

From Washington Times Sep. 1, 2022

On Monday, the sentence was extended yet again, to 15 years, by the Petrozavodsk city court in the Russian region of Karelia, on the border with Finland.

From Seattle Times Dec. 27, 2021

But weeks before his release the Petrozavodsk city court in Russia's northwestern Karelia region abruptly added a decade to his term.

From Reuters Dec. 27, 2021

"I'm so rich, you see," she confided with equal simplicity, "and I know so much—there's almost always somebody in Petrozavodsk or Broken Hill or Bashukulumbwe who wants to marry me."

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

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