Pet·ro·za·vodsk

(pĕt′rə-zə-vŏtsk′, pyĭ-trə-zə-vôtsk′)

A city of northwest Russia on Lake Onega northeast of St. Petersburg. Peter the Great built an ironworks here in 1703.

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Petrozavodsk

(Russian pɪtrəzaˈvɔtsk)

(Placename) 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

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Pe•tro•za•vodsk

(ˌpɛ trə zəˈvɒtsk)

n.

the capital of the Karelian Republic, in the NW Russian Federation in Europe. 270,000.

Translations

Петрозаводск

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