Petrozavodsk: All Data
Petrozavodsk is a city in Russia (with Crimea). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Petrozavodsk: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Olonets, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Allied invasion (North Russia intervention)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Finnish invasion of East Karelia
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the republic of Kareliya, part of Russian Federation