Petrozavodsk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 279,190
• Coordinates: 61.7849° N, 34.3469° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 697 km (433 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Petrozavodsk Airport (PES): 15 km (9 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE, Finland): 263 km (164 mi), straight line
• Savonlinna Airport (SVL, Finland): 284 km (176 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Pryazha: 39 km (24 mi)
• Kondopoga: 47 km (29 mi)
• Podporozh'ye: 98 km (61 mi)