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Petrozavodsk (Петрозаво́дск, Karelian: Petroskoi) is the capital city of Karelia with a population of just above 263,000. Petrozavodsk (Russian: Петрозаводск, Karelian, Vepsian, and Finnish: Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers (17 mi). Population: 261,987 (2010 Census), 266,160 (2002 Census), 269,485 (1989 Census).It was previously known as Shuysky Zavod (1703-1704) and Petrovskaya Sloboda (1704-1777), as well as Äänislinna (Onegaborg) among the Finnish forces during the Continuation War (1941-1944).