Perm
- For the geologic period see Permian.
Perm (Пермь, pop. 1,000,100 as of 2003) is a city in
Russia, on the banks of the
Kama River, at the foot of the
Ural Mountains - the
border between
Europe and
Asia. It is the capital of
Perm Oblast, which is a part of the larger
Volga Federal District. The city is a major administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center. The leading industries include machinery,
defence,
oil production (about 3% of Russian output), oil
refining,
chemical and petrochemical,
timber and
wood processing and the
food industry.
Perm is a home to several major universities.
Perm was founded on May 17, 1723. Town status since 1781.
The last Russian tsar, Michael II of Russia, was killed in Perm by local Bolsheviks.
In 1940 – 1957 the city was named Molotov (Мо́лотов).
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In 13th – 17th centuries Perm was the name of a large area approximately comprising the modern Perm Oblast and Komi Republic.