Petrozavodsk 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). The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022.
A church in Petrozavodsk, as photographed ca. 1912 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Round Square in central Petrozavodsk
The administration and the Petrozavodsk council occupy the building at 2 Lenin Prospect
The Petrozavodsk State University
Veps, also known as Vepsian, is a Finnic language from the Uralic language family, that is spoken by Vepsians. The language is written in the Latin script, and is closely related to Finnish and Karelian.
A Soviet textbook for native speakers of Veps printed in the 1930s
Road sign in Shyoltozero in Russian and Veps