"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Petrozavodsk


Address:
7a Rigachina Str., 185640, Petrozavodsk, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (8142) 79-65-82, 79-65-83, 79-65-19, 79-65-20


E-mail:
petrozavodsk@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Anatoly Beder

In August, 1703 at the entry of the Lososinka River, on the place of its inflow to the Onega Lake, the construction of an iron works and a gun factory began. It was the beginning of the history of the city of Petrozavodsk. The arisen settlement in which builders and workers lodged, was so connected to destiny of the factory that it didn’t have any own name. It had the same name as the factory: till 1777 it was called the Petrovskiy factory. Only in 1777 by decree of Ekaterina the Second the village of workers was renamed to the city of Petrozavodsk. At the end of 18 - first half of the 19th centuries Petrozavodsk developed as a mining and provincial center. Since 1861 the regular steam navigation between Petrozavodsk and Petersburg was launched, then, in 1860s the telegraphic communication with Petersburg was established. Petrozavodsk occupies a favourable geographical and geopolitic position. The city is located at 1091 km from Moscow, at 412 km from Saint Petersburg and near to the border of the EU (distance up to Finland on the route of the international highway " Blue road " is less than 350 km). Petrozavodsk is situated on the coast of the Onega Lake, one of the largest in Europe, and by the system of channels has an output in the Baltic, White, Barentsevo, Caspian and Black Seas. Petrozavodsk is a scientific and cultural center. The city has five theatres, six museums and exhibition halls. Since 1995 international exhibitions of modern painting are carried out in Petrozavodsk. Known artists of the present take part in them. In the city there are several higher educational institutions and the Karelian Centre for Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Petrozavodsk State University, opened in 1940, is the largest scientific-educational and cultural center in the European North of Russia, head high school of Northern economic region. Historical dates: In 1703 the Petrovskiy gun factory was opened (it was closed in 1734) and the Petrovskaya village was founded. In 1788 in Petrozavodsk at the Aleksandrovskiy factory the first in Russia and first-ever industrial railway was made. In 1902 the construction of the railway Petersburg – Petrozavodsk began. In 1910 Petrozavodsk was illuminated with electric lanterns. In 1966 the museum "Kizhi" was opened. It brought world popularity to the city and to the republic.