Beautiful City: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russian: Петропа́вловск-Камча́тский) is the city and theadministrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

The city is situated on high hills and surrounded by volcanoes. The surrounding terrain is mountainous enough that the horizon cannot be seen clearly from any point in town. 

AcrossAvacha Bay from the city in Vilyuchinsk is Russia's largest submarine base, the Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base, established during the Soviet regime and still used by the Russian Navy.

An Ilyushin Il-96-300 of Aeroflot at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airpor

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with Koryaksky volcano

Petropavlovsk and Koryaksky Volcano, as seen from Avacha Bay

Original town center

Ski resort "Red Hill" ("Krasnaya Sopka") in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky biathlon stadium. Vitaly Fatyanov prize competition.

Russian Army memorial

Aerial view of Petropavlovsk