• 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 -  38 secondary schools, 16 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:  3850 small businesses and  9550 individual entrepreneurs are registered in Petrozavodsk. Share of SME’s in the city economy– 37%
• A city with 1285 NGO’s, including 42 friendship societies with foreign countries and national and cultural associations

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