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Petropavl
(pĕtˌrə-păvˈəl, pyĭ-trə-päˈvəl) or Pet·ro·pav·lovsk (pĕtˌrə-păvˈlôfskˌ, pyĭ-trə-pävˈləfsk)
A city of north-central Kazakhstan west of Novosibirsk, Russia. It was founded as a fort in 1752. Population: 192,000.