The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Petropavl, city, Kazakhstan
(py´´trpä´vl) (KEY) or Petropavlovsk (py´´trpäv´lfsk) (KEY) , city (1993 est. pop. 248,000), N Kazakhstan, on the Ishim (Esil) River and at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and Trans-Siberian RR. Small motors, agricultural machinery, leather, felt, and foodstuffs are produced in the city. On the caravan route between Turkistan and W China, Petropavl was founded as a fort in 1752 and became a center for trade between Russia and the central Asian kingdoms. Its industrial development began in the late 19th cent. and intensified during and following World War II.
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