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Petrozavodsk is:
- One of 12 cities of European Russia, hosting Research Centers of the Russian Academy of Science
- One of 50 university cities of Russia
- A city with a high level of education - 43 secondary schools, 26 institutions of vocational education, 15 institutions of higher education
- One of 19 Russian cities with conservatory and a full cycle of musical education
- A city with living national traditions of indigenous peoples – Karelians, Vepsians, Finns
- A city with one of the highest levels of IT development in Russia (41% of adult population use computers, 27% use Internet).
- A city with active role of SME’s: 2703 small businesses and 11719 individual entrepreneurs are registered in Petrozavodsk. Share of SME’s in the city economy– 25%
- A city with 800 NGO’s, including 35 friendship societies with foreign countries and national and cultural associations
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Petrozavodsk's sister-cities:
Varkaus, Joensuu (Finland), La Rochelle (France), Umeå (Sweden), Neubrandenburg, Tuebingen (Germany), Duluth (USA), Mo i Rana (Norway), Brest (Belarus), Nikolaev (Ukraine), Echmiadzin (Armenia)
Petrozavodsk City Administration,
Republic of Karelia,
Petrozavodsk 185910, Lenin Ave 2,
Fax (+7 8142) 78-49-47
Tel. (+7 8142) 71 33 75, 71-33-76, 71-33-94
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