Petropavl (Petropavlovsk) Kazakhstan city

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Petropavl (Petropavlovsk) Kazakhstan city overview

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Petropavl or Petropavlovsk (Russian spelling) is a city and capital of North Kazakhstan oblast of Kazakhstan. Petropavl city lies along the Ishim River in the center of the Ishim Steppe.

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Petropavl city of Kazakhstan origin of name: city of Peter and Paul, named for the church of Saints Peter and Paul there.

Petropavl Kazakhstan city population - 193,000 (2007).
Petropavl Kazakhstan city phone code - +7-7152.
Petropavl Kazakhstan city postal codes - 150001-150013.

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Petropavl (Petropavlovsk) Kazakhstan city history

Petropavl city is the second oldest oblast center in northern Kazakhstan after Pavlodar.

Petropavlovsk city of Kazakhstan was founded as a Russian fort in 1752 and soon became an important center of trade between Russia and Central Asia and the Kazakh steppes. The Trans-Siberian Railroad reached Petropavlovsk city in 1896, and by 1917 the population was nearly 50,000.

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Petropavl (Petropavlovsk) Kazakhstan city economy

Today Petropavl city has some notable industrial undertakings and accounts for about nine-tenths of the industrial output of the oblast. Petropavl city is also important as the junction of the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Kazakhstan railroads.