Описание (английский)
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).
Petrozavodsk is distinguished among other towns of North Russia by its Neoclassical
architectural heritage, which includes the Round Square (1775,
reconstructed in 1789 and 1839) and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
(consecrated in 1832). Among the town's landmarks are the outdoor
statues of Peter I (bronze and granite, Ippolit Monighetti, 1873), Gavrila Derzhavin (a Russian poet who was the governor of Olonets in the 18th century), and Alexander Nevsky (erected outside Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in 2010).
The city has a fine frontage on the Gulf of Petrozavodsk. The modern
embankment, inaugurated in 1994, displays an assortment of Karelian
granites and marbles. It is lined with extravagant postmodernist
sculptures presented by sister cities of Petrozavodsk from around the
world. There is also a birch copse, where the first church of
Petrozavodsk was built in 1703.
Petrozavodsk is home to the Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra (1933), the Karelian Musical Theater (1955, statuary by Sergey Konenkov), National Library of Karelia (1959), Finnish-speaking National Theatre of Karelia (1965), Petrozavodsk State University, a conservatory, a city museum founded in 1871, and a branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
One of the city's central landmarks is Lenin Square, an oval space
with a large Soviet-era statue of Lenin in the center.
The square is
especially notable for English-speaking visitors because it is also
called "round square" - a paradox in English, but not in Russian (kruglaya ploshad).