Perm is one of the most preferred tourist destinations in Russia. It is an important and as well as an administrative zone of Perm Krai in Russia. Situated on the banks of Kama River, it is nestled in the foot hill of Ural Mountains. Perm is also the largest city of Russia. With 976,116 citizens, Perm is the 13th most populous city of Russia.
Getting to Perm:
Perm is served by the Bolshoye Savino Airport. It also houses the Bakharevka air base that receives many domestic flights. The major administrative divisions of Perm are Dzerzhinsky, Industrialny, Kirovsky, Leninsky, Motovilikhinsky, Ordzhonikidzevsky, and Sverdlovsky.
History of Perm:
Perm was initially inhabited by the Pagan Finno-Ugric tribes. They resided in the southeast of the legendary Bjarmaland and the northeastern parts of Volga Bulgaria. It was the site of earliest settlement of Moscow. Russian fur traders and Christian missionaries were the first to inhabit these places. St. Stephen of Perm was responsible for the conversion of the city in the later half of 14th century.
Perm became very popular in the 15th century for fur trading. It faced stiff competition from Moscow and Movgorod. In 1472 it was ultimately annexed by the grand Duchy of Moscow. It again came under the Tsarist administration in the 16th century. Soldiers, Christian monks, peasants and merchants and priests all settled in the tsarist Russia.
Today the city is the chief administrative, scientific, industrial and cultural hub of Russia. It is the main center of machinery, defense, oil production and refinery, chemical and petrochemical, timber and wood and food processing industry.
Perm also some of the important center of education. It houses the Perm state University, Perm State Choreographic, Perm State Medical Academy, Perm State Technical University and Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy.
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