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{{Short description|City in North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan}}
{{For|the city in Russia|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| native_name        = {{native name|kk|Петропавл|italics=no}} <br /> {{native name|ru|Петропавловск|italics=no}}
| other_name         = Kyzylzhar
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| subdivision_name1  = [[North Kazakhstan Region]]
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| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1752
| established_title2 = City Status
| established_date2  = 1807
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| leader_title       = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small>
| leader_name        = Serik Mukhamediev<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kazpravda.kz/n/novogo-akima-naznachili-v-petropavlovske|title=Нового акима назначили в Петропавловске|website=kazpravda.kz|date=2023-07-01}}</ref>
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| timezone           = [[Time in Kazakhstan]]
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| elevation_m        = 140
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| postal_code        = 150001 - 150013
| area_code          = +7 7152
| registration_plate = T, 15
| website            = {{URL|http://petropavl.sko.kz/}}
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'''Petropavl''' ({{langx|kk|Петропавл}} {{Pronunciation|Kk-petropavl.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}; {{langx|ru|Петропавловск|Petropavlovsk}}) is a city on the [[Ishim River]] in northern [[Kazakhstan]] close to the [[Kazakhstan–Russia border|border]] with [[Russia]]. It is the capital of the [[North Kazakhstan Region]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soltustik.stat.kz/dinamik/raion/Petropavlovsk.htm|title=Город Петропавловск|website=stat.kz|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701151748/http://www.soltustik.stat.kz/dinamik/raion/Petropavlovsk.htm|archive-date=July 1, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Population: 218,956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT305821|title=Chislennost naselenia Kazakhstana 2019}}</ref> The city is also known colloquially in Kazakh as '''Kyzylzhar''' ({{langx|kk|Қызылжар|lit=Red cliff|Qyzyljar}}).

Petropavl is about {{cvt|185|km|mi}} from [[Kökşetau]], {{cvt|428|km}} northwest of the national capital [[Astana]] along the [[A1 highway (Kazakhstan)|A1]], and {{cvt|261|km}} from [[Omsk]].

==Physical-geographical characteristics==
=== Geographical location ===
Petropavl is located in the southwestern part of the [[West Siberian Plain]], on the right bank of the Ishim River, the longest tributary of the Irtysh River. Not far from Petropavl, there are many lakes and ponds, for example: Lake Bolshoe Beloe, Lake Pestroye, Lake Kishtibish, Lake Maloe Beloe and Bitter Lake. Also, within the city can be found small forests, mostly consisting of birches and pine plantations.

===Climate===
The climate is a dry version of the [[humid continental climate|humid continental]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') type, with sharp winter-summer temperature fluctuations. In spring, prevails clear and dry weather, with a large number of sunny days. Summers are quite hot, with a predominance of clear, often dry weather, in some years the rains can be of different frequencies, from rare and up to passing to a cloudy and rainy summer. Autumn begins in August or September, and the weather is observed from clear at the beginning of the season, to cloudy in October–November. Winter is frosty and long (more than 5 months), with stable snow cover up to {{convert|0.40|to|0.50|m|in|1|disp=or}} high on average, with the predominance of clear weather, in some years with infrequent snowstorms and blizzards.

Based on 1991 to 2020 means:
* The average annual temperature is {{convert|2.5|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}.
* The average relative humidity of the air is 74%.
* The average annual precipitation is {{convert|388|mm|in|2|disp=or}}.

{{Weather box
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|location = Petropavl (1991–2020, extremes 1890–present)
|metric first= y es
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 4.5
|Feb record high C = 6.7
|Mar record high C = 15.8
|Apr record high C = 31.0
|May record high C = 37.2
|Jun record high C = 40.3
|Jul record high C = 40.5
|Aug record high C = 38.6
|Sep record high C = 35.2
|Oct record high C = 26.2
|Nov record high C = 15.6
|Dec record high C = 3.7
|year record high C = 40.5
|Jan high C = -12.5
|Feb high C = -10.0
|Mar high C = -2.0
|Apr high C = 10.1
|May high C = 19.8
|Jun high C = 24.1
|Jul high C = 25.0
|Aug high C = 23.3
|Sep high C = 17.0
|Oct high C = 8.9
|Nov high C = -3.1
|Dec high C = -9.8
|year high C = 7.6
|Jan mean C = -16.5
|Feb mean C = -14.7
|Mar mean C = -6.9
|Apr mean C = 4.7
|May mean C = 13.3
|Jun mean C = 18.1
|Jul mean C = 19.5
|Aug mean C = 17.4
|Sep mean C = 11.2
|Oct mean C = 4.3
|Nov mean C = -6.6
|Dec mean C = -13.7
|year mean C = 2.5
|Jan low C = -20.8
|Feb low C = -19.5
|Mar low C = -11.7
|Apr low C = -0.4
|May low C = 6.8
|Jun low C = 12.1
|Jul low C = 14.0
|Aug low C = 12.1
|Sep low C = 6.1
|Oct low C = 0.4
|Nov low C = -10.1
|Dec low C = -17.7
|year low C = -2.4
|Jan record low C = -48.0
|Feb record low C = -42.5
|Mar record low C = -36.8
|Apr record low C = -26.4
|May record low C = -17.6
|Jun record low C = -2.6
|Jul record low C = 1.3
|Aug record low C = -4.0
|Sep record low C = -9.4
|Oct record low C = -25.6
|Nov record low C = -37.5
|Dec record low C = -45.0
|year record low C = -48.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 19
|Feb precipitation mm = 16
|Mar precipitation mm = 20
|Apr precipitation mm = 24
|May precipitation mm = 33
|Jun precipitation mm = 45
|Jul precipitation mm = 69
|Aug precipitation mm = 45
|Sep precipitation mm = 31
|Oct precipitation mm = 30
|Nov precipitation mm = 30
|Dec precipitation mm = 25
|year precipitation mm = 
|Jan humidity = 82
|Feb humidity = 80
|Mar humidity = 80
|Apr humidity = 69
|May humidity = 58
|Jun humidity = 62
|Jul humidity = 69
|Aug humidity = 71
|Sep humidity = 71
|Oct humidity = 77
|Nov humidity = 84
|Dec humidity = 82
|year humidity = 74
|Jan rain days = 1
|Feb rain days = 1
|Mar rain days = 4
|Apr rain days = 8
|May rain days = 14
|Jun rain days = 14
|Jul rain days = 13
|Aug rain days = 14
|Sep rain days = 15
|Oct rain days = 12
|Nov rain days = 5
|Dec rain days = 2
|year rain days = 103
|Jan snow days = 20
|Feb snow days = 17
|Mar snow days = 14
|Apr snow days = 6
|May snow days = 2
|Jun snow days = 0.1
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 8
|Nov snow days = 17
|Dec snow days = 20
|year snow days = 104
|Jan sun = 76.4
|Feb sun = 116.0
|Mar sun = 182.8
|Apr sun = 228.9
|May sun = 288.8
|Jun sun = 288.7
|Jul sun = 275.8
|Aug sun = 237.4
|Sep sun = 174.3
|Oct sun = 111.3
|Nov sun = 66.3
|Dec sun = 52.2
|year sun = 2098.9
|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net<ref name="pogoda">{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161125135032/http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/28676.htm
| archive-date = 25 November 2016
| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/28676.htm
| title = Weather and Climate - The Climate of Petropavlovsk (Petropavl)
| access-date = 8 November 2021
| publisher = Weather and Climate (Погода и климат)
| language = ru}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Kazakhstan/CSV/Petropavlovsk_28676.csv
| title = Petropavlovsk Climate Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 19 December 2023}}</ref> 
}}
[[File:Зима в Петропавловске 6.jpg|thumb|Winter in Petropavl]]
[[File:Осень в Петропавловске 1.jpg|thumb|Autumn in Petropavl]]

==Population== 
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Population by declared ethnicity (at the beginning of 2020):

*Russians — 129,970 people (59.28%);
*Kazakhs — 65,739 people (29.99%);
*Tatars — 6,573 people (3.00%);
*Ukrainians — 4,500 people (2.05%);
*Germans — 4,237 people (1.93%);
*Poles — 1,036 people (0.47%);
*Belarusians — 969 people (0.44%);
*Azerbaijanis — 931 people (0.42%);
*Armenians — 921 people (0.42%);
*Tajiks — 886 people (0.40%);
*Uzbeks — 275 people (0.13%);
*Others — 3,194 people (1.46%).
*Total — 219,231 inhabitants.

==Symbolism of the city==
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The first coat of arms of the district city of Petropavlovsk, [[Tobolsk Governorate|Tobolsk province]], was approved on September 7, 1842 (law No. 16351): In the upper half of the shield, the coat of arms of Tobolsk. In the lower one, "in a silver field on a mountain, a camel loaded with two bales at the ready and led by a rope by an Asiatic."
The modern coat of Arms is made in the form of a circle with a traditional Kazakh ornament around the perimeter and is a stylized Scythian shield. The ornament of the coat of arms includes Shanyrak, which divides the circle into 4 parts, each of which depicts 4 main elements that characterize the city in the beginning of the 21st century. In the upper sector there is a key-a symbol of the geographical location of the city, "Northern gate of Kazakhstan". This is followed by a sheaf of wheat, which is important for the city of agriculture and agricultural processing enterprises. The lower part shows an open book, symbolizing the high cultural and educational level of the city. The next sector is occupied by gear-industry and manufacturing. The song ends with a ribbon with the name of the city in the state language.

==History==
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Petropavlovsk was founded in the summer of 1752 as a military fortress of Saint Peter and is located on the site of the Kyzyl-Zhar tract, on the right bank of the Ishim river. Initially, it was considered a military outpost and was a major trading center in the North of the Kazakh khanate.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the [[Kazakh khanate]] was formed on the territory of modern Kazakhstan, consisting of three [[zhuz]]s. Each of them had common routes of nomads and a common territory. The middle zhuz of the Kazakhs, consisting of the [[Argyn]], [[Kereys|Kerey]], [[Khongirad|Kongrat]] and [[Naimans|Naiman]] tribes, occupied the Northern, North-Eastern and Central parts of Kazakhstan. Their main occupation was nomadic and semi-nomadic cattle breeding.<ref>[http://sko.gov.kz/page/read/Istoriya_oblasti.html?lang=ru North-Kazakhstan region, the official online resource.]</ref>

In the middle of the 17th century, the [[Kazakh-Dzungar Wars]] began. During the war for their lands, the Kazakhs were forced to migrate to the southern steppes. In this regard, in the 17th century and at the beginning of the 18th century, in Northern Kazakhstan, the nomadic population is rare. In the 18th century, the war for the return of Northern Kazakhstan continued. The southern part of the steppes and areas of North-Eastern Kazakhstan became the battleground of the Kazakhs and Dzungars.

At this time, the Kazakh khans decided to accept [[Russian citizenship]]: the Younger zhuz took citizenship in 1731 and later in 1740, the middle zhuz took citizenship. In the steppe, defensive fortifications were built, among these fortifications was the fortress of St. Peter.<ref>[https://www.azbyka.kz/dalyokoe-proshloe-severnogo-kazahstana The distant past of Northern Kazakhstan, based on the book of A. I. Semenov " the City of Petropavlovsk for 200 years (1752-1952)»]</ref>

===Within the Russian Empire===
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In 1752, during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna, the Senate, in order to strengthen the southern borders of the Russian Empire, recognized the need to urgently begin construction of a new Ishim line. By a decree of the Senate of February 25, 1752, General Kinderman was ordered to build a line of fortifications from the Omsk fortress on the Irtysh to the Beast's Head tract on Tobol. 
In June 1752, an expedition consisting of Dragoons of the Lutsk regiment, foot soldiers of the Noteburg regiment and a battalion of the Vologda Dragoon regiment, almost 2 thousand people, moved to the tract on the Ishim river. A small forest, nestled up against the floodplain of lake Babalawo Dragoons crossed to the right Bank of the Ishim river. Two steep ravines that bounded the construction site, went to the Ishim and together with the steep Bank of a wide (up to 47 m) river created a natural barrier to the enemy. The expedition had to build a large fortification in a short time — the fortress of St. Petersburg. Peter and two small-fortress Noon and Swan, and between them 8 redoubts. Given the imminent onset of cold weather, we decided to build wooden fortifications.

The fortress on Ishim had the shape of a regular hexagon with an area of about 2 hectares. At the corners of its equal distance located the bastions connected by curtain walls. The bastions facing the river were called Nagorny and Ishim. The total length of the fortress fence was more than 1.3&nbsp;km. In the bastions were placed guns, inside the fortress-barracks, stables, officers ' houses, garrison Church, powder magazine, and other premises. Hard work exhausted the soldiers and Cossacks, as well as poor nutrition and early cold weather. People got sick, many died, and escapes became more frequent.

In early October, snow fell and work was stopped. In addition to the officers, 50 dragoons and 40 soldiers remained in the fortress. In severe winter conditions, a small garrison provided constant surveillance of the steppe, watching for signs of distress from nearby redoubts. The fortress was connected with Russia by a chain of post stations. In the spring of 1753, construction resumed.

The area of the fortress was soon built up to the limit, and some rooms were built outside the walls of the fortress. So, later formed the Upper forstadt-on the mountain, and in the Foothills-the Lower forstadt. Forstadt is a settlement where the main role is played by the fortress and the military. In the Lower forstadt there is a Cossack village, a hospital, and a locksmith's shop. For security reasons, the suburb was surrounded by a fence. The entrance and exit were guarded by special guards.

As well as other fortified points in Siberia, the fortress of SV. Petra was strengthened militarily: the garrison was increased, wooden walls and bastions were replaced with earthen ones. The barracks were rebuilt, and a "salt house" was built to receive representatives of Kokand. According to the instructions of the Senate, kolodniki exiled to Siberia for hard labor (up to 100–300) were used for the work. In 1772, the fortress had two suburbs: the upland part and the foothills. The merchant class grew, as the fortress became a major political and economic center of the priishimye region.

Thanks to Abylai Khan, the fortress became a major point of exchange and transit trade, which influenced the economic development of the steppe. Trade routes from Russia and Central Asia converged here.

Local Kazakhs borrowed mowing, tilling, fishing, veterinary medicine skills from immigrants. 

In 1782, in the fortress of St. In the presence of the Governor-General of the Ufa and Simbirsk governorates, I. V. Yakobi, the Sultan of the Middle Zhuz, Vali Khan, took the solemn oath of allegiance to the Russian government. He was officially confirmed as a Khan by the Russian Empire.

In 1807, the fortress was renamed the city of Petropavlovsk with the addition of Tobolsk province. On September 7, the first mayor of the fortress was appointed. Peter (retired major Levashov with a salary of 300 rubles).

By a nominal decree of January 22, 1822 "on the division of the Siberian provinces into Western and Eastern administrations", Siberia was divided into Western (center — Tobolsk) and Eastern (center — Irkutsk). Petropavlovsk was classified as a medium-sized city and became a district city of the newly formed Omsk region, assigned to the Western main administration.

In 1824, the Petropavlovsk district of the Omsk region was formed with the administrative center in Petropavlovsk, where offices were opened. In 1825, the city government was organized. In the same year, the first city budget was drawn up and the first city head was appointed, which was the merchant F. Zenkov.

On April 16, 1838, Petropavlovsk was made a minor city of Ishimsky uyezd of Tobolsk province, since the Omsk region was abolished.

On November 4, 1868, when the Akmola region was formed (it existed from 1868–1919), with its center in Omsk, Petropavlovsk became a district city in this region.

During the war with Napoleon, citizens and peasants twice sent recruits and voluntarily donated about 30 thousand rubles to the defense of the Fatherland.

On May 11, 1849, a fire broke out, destroying 450 houses. After that, the new construction began according to the plan approved by the Tsar. The author of the plan was the architect Chernenko, who did not take into account the features of the soil and terrain, and the foothills sank in spring floods more than once. The relocation of peasants from European Russia and the construction of the Siberian railway contributed to the development of the city.

Petropavlovsk oil production supplied oil to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Revel, Odesa, Samara, Vladivostok, as well as to England, Germany and Denmark. The largest were the Zenkov brothers' tannery, and the factory for processing the intestines of the Swiss Accola. According to the census of 1897, there were 20,014 people living in Petropavlovsk.{{citation needed|reason=the source has not been specified for 3714 days|date=September 2021}} Accounted for the bulk of Russians, Kazakhs, there were about 1500 people. A significant group were the immigrant Tatars. According to the source "Cities of Russia in 1910" St. Petersburg, 1914 in 1910, 37,973 people lived in Petropavlovsk, including by national composition: Russians — 72.8%, Turkish-Tatars — 25.2%, poles — 0.5%, Jews-1.1%, Germans-0.2%, Finns-0.2 %.

For a long time, a distinctive feature of the city remained the low level of improvement, lack of sewage, cluttered streets, the unsanitary condition of bazaars and slaughterhouses, which contributed to the spread of diseases. The city had one hospital with 10 beds. By 1900, there were 13 educational institutions in the city, including one fifth-grade school, one women's gymnasium, two parochial schools, one parish school, two village schools, and six Tatar schools. The largest enterprise in the city was a cannery, built in 1915, which employed 100 people. There were nine mosques in the city, of which six were made of stone.

In 1896, the Petropavlovsk railway station of the South Ural railway was built near the city as part of the Trans-Siberian railway.

===In Soviet period===
In 1918, Petropavlovsk became one of the centers of the White Russian movement. On May 31, the chief of the Siberian Cossacks V. I. Volkov, with the support of the Czechoslovaks, overthrew the Soviet government. Colonel Pankratov became the commander of the city. The ideological justification for the resistance was the support of the Constituent Assembly.<ref>[http://a-pesni.org/kazaki/a-priichim1918.htm COSSACKS PRIISHIMJE AT the BEGINNING of the CIVIL WAR (summer 1918)]</ref> During the Peter and Paul operation of the 5th Army on October 31, 1919, Soviet power was restored in the city.

In 1919–1921, Petropavlovsk was a district city in the Omsk province of the RSFSR.

On August 26, 1920, the decree of the Central Executive Committee and the SNK of the RSFSR on the formation of the Autonomous Kyrgyz Republic (1920-1925), later the Cossack ASSR, was signed. Then four uyezds of the Omsk province of the RSFSR (existed in 1919–1925) (Atbasar, Akmolinsky, Kokchetavsky and Petropavlovsk) temporarily remained under the jurisdiction of the Sibrevkom until the final decision of the Extraordinary authorized Commission of the Kaztsik on the reception of this territory. The commission had two main tasks. First, to prepare the conditions for the implementation of administrative reform, as a result of which Petropavlovsk from a district city was to become the administrative center of the Akmola province. Secondly, to establish the borders of this province with other provinces of the RSFSR. On April 26, 1921, the resolution of the Extraordinary authorized Commission of Kaztsik on the admission and organization of the Akmola province with the administrative center in the city of Petropavlovsk was issued.

From April 26, 1921, to January 17, 1928, Petropavlovsk was the administrative center of the Akmola province of the Kirghiz (from 1925 — Kazak) ASSR, which existed in 1920-1928[20].

From January 17, 1928, to May 10, 1928, Petropavlovsk was the administrative center of the Kyzyl-Zhar district of the Kazakh ASSR.

From May 10, 1928 to December 17, 1930, Petropavlovsk was the administrative center of the Petropavlovsk district of the Cossack ASSR.

From December 17, 1930 to March 10, 1932, Petropavlovsk was directly controlled by the Republican government of the Cossack ASSR.

From 1932–36, Petropavlovsk was the administrative center of the Karaganda region of the Kazakh ASSR.

From 1936, Petropavlovsk was the regional center of the established North Kazakhstan region within the Kazakh SSR and since 1991, the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 1941, when the USSR was invaded by the [[Axis powers]] during [[World War II]], many factories producing heavy machinery were evacuated to the east. Many factories, such as the V. I. Lenin Plant, the S. M. Kirov Plant, and the V. V. Kuibyshev Plant, were built in Petropavlovsk to manufacture heavy equipment for the war, i.e. tanks, armored personnel carriers, and so on. Today, the remaining factories mostly produce and assemble small equipment.

===As Part of an Independent Kazakhstan===
When Kazakhstan gained its independence, Petropavlovsk, which is the Russian Exonym for the city, was mostly replaced in official circles by Petropavl.<ref>{{cite web | website=gov.egov.kz | url=https://www.gov.kz/activities/15806?lang=en&parentId=15805 | title=It's best to start from these cities to get a better understanding of Kazakhstan| access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

In 2008, Petropavl took part in the contest "The Best City in the CIS", where it was awarded three grants, including the grant "For The Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage".

In 2014, the trolleybus system which formerly ran in the city was abolished.

On November 27, 2018, the rural localities of Kuibyshevskoye village, Novopavlovka village, Teplovskoye village, and Stop point 2629 located on the territory of the city akimat of Petropavl were incorporated directly into the city of Petropavl.<ref>{{cite web|title=О некоторых вопросах административно-территориального устройства Северо-Казахстанской области|url=https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/V18S0005009|website=adilet.zan.kz|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
There are 43 organizations of preschool education,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-27 |title=МЕКТЕПКЕ ДЕЙІНГІ БІЛІМ БЕРУ ҰЙЫМДАРЫ |url=https://petropavl.sko-bilim.kz/sady/ |website=www.petropavl.sko-bilim.kz}}</ref> 38 secondary schools,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-27 |title=ПЕТРОПАВЛ ҚАЛАСЫНЫҢ БІЛІМ БЕРУ ПОРТАЛЫ |url=https://petropavl.sko-bilim.kz/school2 |website=www.petropavl.sko-bilim.kz}}</ref> 13 colleges, 5 higher educational institutions in Petropavlovsk.

==Culture==
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===Theatres===
The Main Theatre in Petropavl is named after the Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov, and performances are given in the Kazakh language. Viewers without knowledge of Kazakh are given headphones which serve to translate the performance into Russian, making it accessible to the many Non-Kazakh-Speakers living in Petropavl.

Petropavl's regional puppet theatre has been operating since February 1991. It is located in a building on 69 Vasilieva street. In addition to children's performances, it is used to show films and hold new year's matinees.

The Theatre has been named after the Soviet playwright Nikolai Fyodorovich Pogodin, who was awarded the prestigious [[Lenin Prize]] in 1986. Children's' performances are held in the morning, while adults' performances are held in the evening. The Theatre also has a studio for aspiring young actors.

===Museums===
The North Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Local History opened in 1924. 

The North Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1989. 

The North Kazakhstan Regional Philharmonic Society was established in 1965.

==Transportation==
[[File:Petropavl-trainstation.jpg|thumb|right|Railway station in Petropavl]]

Petropavl has [[Petropavl railway station (Kazakhstan)|a railway station]] with connections to the Russian capital [[Moscow]] and Kazakhstan's capital [[Astana]].

[[Petropavl Airport]] is located {{convert|11|km|0|abbr=on}} south of the city.

==Sports==
The city's [[bandy]] team in the [[Spartakiade (Kazakhstan)|Spartakiade]] 2009 on home ice was victorious.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-3-0-0-2 |title=Спартакиада-2009. - Фототека - Бесплатные онлайн-тесты |access-date=October 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708225539/http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-3-0-0-2 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2013 it was hosted in Petropavl again, this time the team from [[Khromtau]] won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=kk&u=http://kk.sport.gov.kz/%3Fp%3D7461&prev=search |title=Google Translate |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> 12–17 December 2016 the Kazakh Cup, to the memory of Kazbek Baybulov, was played at Stadium Karasay in Petropavl.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rusbandy.ru%2Fnews%2F10126%2F |title=Google Translate |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> The home team Volna captured the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ok.ru/skopetro/topic/66180459036789 |title=Федерация хоккея с мячом по СКО поздравляет команду "Волна" г |publisher=Ok.ru |access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref>

Olympic gold medal-winning [[Road bicycle racing|cyclist]] [[Alexander Vinokourov]] is a native of nearby Bishkul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanistan.com/kazakhstan/north/petropavl/|title=Petropavl travel guide|website=Caravanistan|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref>

==Twin Town – Sister City==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia#Kazakhstan|l1=List of twin towns and sister cities in Kazakhstan}}
Petropavl is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name=almaty>{{cite web |title=Есть ли побратимы у Актау и других городов Казахстана|url=https://tumba.kz/zhizn-regiona/11-zhizn-regiona/43012-Est_li_pobratimy_u_Aktau_i_drugih_gorodov_Kazahstan.html|website=tumba.kz|publisher=Tumba|language=ru|date=2019-05-04|access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Omsk]], Russia

==See also==
*[[Administrative building of the North-Kazakhstan regional executive committee]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{AmCyc Poster|Petropavlovsk}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130923035708/http://www.petropavl.sko.kz/ Official website]
*[http://www.petropavl.kz/ Informal website]

{{North Kazakhstan Region}}
{{Cities of Kazakhstan}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1752]]
[[Category:Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire)]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Kazakhstan Region]]