Petrozavodsk
Proper noun
Meaning
Petrozavodsk
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Examples
The town of Petrozavodsk was captured on 1 October after the Soviets withdrew to avoid encirclement.
This allowed the second Soviet offensive in Eastern Karelia to meet less resistance and to capture Petrozavodsk by 28 June 1944.
Russian Emergencies Ministry members carry a survivor of the plane crash, who was transported from Petrozavodsk, at Ramenskoye airfield outside Moscow June 21, 2011.