The webcam online broadcasts a panoramic view of the Lenta Supermarket in Petrozavodsk. Petrozavodsk is the largest city in the Republic of Karelia, located on the shores of Lake Onega, 1091 kilometers from the Russian capital.
In 1679, a settlement was formed on the site of the modern city. In 1703, on the initiative of Peter I, a weapons factory was founded in the Petrazavodsky suburb.
In 1777, the Petrozavodsky suburb became the capital of the region and was renamed the district city of Petrozavodsk.
During the war with Napoleon in 1812, part of the Russian National Library, the Academy of Arts, the Ministry of Education and the Academy of Sciences were evacuated to the city.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the factory church, the living room on Cathedral Square, a separate Olonets diocese, the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Spirit were opened in Petrozavodsk.
In 1860, the steamship service began operating between St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk.
In May 1872, a monument to Emperor Peter I was founded.
In 1911, a Renaissance cinema was built in the village, and a branch of the State Bank was opened.
In 1915, a railway to Murmansk was laid through Petrozavodsk. From October 1941 to June 1944, the city was under occupation by the Finnish Karelian Army. During the occupation, there were 11 concentration camps in Petrozavodsk.
In the 1950s, the city was built: The House of Communications on the street. Dzerzhinsky, the republican hospital, the brewery, the Institute of Biology of the Karelian Science Center, the Pioneer Park, the mechanized forestry, the new railway station, the musical theatre of the Republic of Karelia, the poultry farm, the iskra cinema, the Petrozavodsky TV Center, the household service plant.
In 1960-1980, the following enterprises began to operate in Petrozavodsk: Petrozavodsky repair and mechanical plant, Petrozavodsky silicate-wall materials factory, silicate wall materials factory, bakery, Karelian souvenirs plant, knitted factory, experimental plant, sewing factory "Severyanka"
In April 2006, the town was named "City of Military Glory."