Petropavl, Kazakhstan
Petropavl, formerly Petropavlovsk (Russian: Петропавловск, not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a city by Ishim River in Northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 350km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is capital of the Northern Kazakhstan Province (Soltustik Qazaqstan oblysy). Its population (1999 estimate) is 203,400.
HistoryIt was founded in 1752 as a Russian fort extending Russian settlement and influence into the nomadic Kazakh territories to the south. It was granted the status of city in 1807. Petropavl was an important trading center for silk and carpets until the Russian Revolution of 1917. .
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