About Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk is a city in Karelia, Russia with a population of 279,190. It is the 67th largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 2,051st largest worldwide. It lies 697 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
73 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Coordinates
61.785, 34.347
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 980 in RussiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.