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Brief information on Petrozavodsk

The city of Petrozavodsk was founded in 1703 by Peter the I. The basic manufacture is Petrozavodsky,then Alexandrovsky cannon foundry (nowadays the Onega tractor factory). The factory from which the city of Petrozavodsk began, is situated in the mouth of Lososinka river on the coast of Onego Lake. The status of the city Petrovskaya sloboda (the large village) has received under Ekaterina II's decree on March the 21st, 1777. Nowadays the population of Petrozavodsk is more than 250 thousand persons.

The basic enterprises of Petrozavodsk:

• Transportation:
  • Joint-stock White Sea - Onega Shipping Company
  • Petrozavodsk branch of Octiabrskaya railway
  • Municipal unitary enterprise "Trolleybus administration"
  • Municipal unitary enterprise "Autocade 1126"
• Engineering industry and metal-working:
  • Open Society "Onego Tractor Plant "
  • Joint-stock company "Petrozavodskmash"
  • Open Society "Avangard" Shipbuilding Yard
  • Open Company "Petrozavodsk radiofactory"
• Woodworking enterprises:
  • Open Company "AB invest"
  • Joint-Stock Company "Petrozavodsk woodworking combine"
  • Petrozavodsk wood-processing combine
• Light industry:
  • Joint-Stock Company "Severyanka"
  • Open Company "Garment factory "Onezhskiye Zori"
  • Open Society "Rantempo"
  • Joint-Stock Company "Ontex"
• Food industry:
  • Petrozavodsk distillery "Petrovsky"
  • Open Society " Petrozavodsk baking combine"
  • Open Society Petrozavodsk bakery "Sampo"
  • Open Society "Karelian fish factory"
  • Open Society "Karelian meat-packing plant"
  • Open Company "Dairy combine "Slavmo"
• Building enterprises:
  • Joint-Stock Company "Karelstroymekhanizatsiya"
  • Open Society Building company "VEK"
  • Joint-Stock Company "KPD"
  • Joint-stock company "Building enterprise N1"
  • Joint-stock company "Petrozavodskstroy"