where is petropavlovsk city
Petropavl (Kazakh: Ð¿ÐµÑÑÐ¾Ð¿Ð°Ð²Ð»/Petropavl) or Petropavlovsk (Russian: Ð¿ÐµÑÑÐ¾Ð¿Ð°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð²ÑÐº, Petropavlovsk, not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region.