Petropavlovsk, a town of Asiatic Russia, in the province of Akmolinsk, on the river Ishim, 175 miles WNW. of Omsk. Pop. 11,406. It is an important military station, with a fort founded in 1752, and has a large transit trade.—Petropavlovsk is also the name of a small port on the east coast of Kamchatka (q.v.) with an admirable harbour.
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