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Petrozavodsk is a city located in the northwest of the Russian Federation, which is the capital of the largest city of the Republic of Karelia. It is the center of the Prionezhsky District, and forms the Petrozavodsk City District.
In 1703 on the site of the future city arose Petrozavodskaya Sloboda, where there was a weapons factory, built by decree of Peter I.
In 1777 Catherine the Great decided to make Petrozavodskaya Sloboda a center of regional administration. She renamed the settlement into district town Petrozavodsk.
In 1860 there was a steamship service between the city and St. Petersburg. And a decade later, telegraph service between St. Petersburg and the district towns arose.
In 1873, was opened to the founder of Petrozavodsk, Peter I.
In the early 20th century there was a telephone exchange. Railroad from Petrograd to Murmansk, through Petrozavodsk, was laid in 1915.
During the Great Patriotic War, Petrozavodsk was occupied by the Karelian Army. Before the city was liberated by Soviet forces in late June 1944, there were 11 concentration camps.
In all the time that followed, the city was actively developing.
