Perm
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- For other uses, see Perm (disambiguation).
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. Its geographical location is Template:Coor dm. Perm was founded on May 17, 1723, and has had town status since 1781. 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.
From 1940 until 1957 the city was named Molotov (Мо́лотов), after Vyacheslav Molotov.
Sister cities
Perm is twinned with:
See also
- FC Amkar Perm, the football club based in Perm.
- Ural Great, the basketball club based in Perm.
External links
- Official website (http://www.perm.ru/) (in Russian)
- The heritage of Perm Region (http://www.heritage.perm.ru/index_e.htm) (in English, Russian)
- Perm Chamber of Commerce and Industry (http://invest.permtpp.ru/en/main/) (in English, Russian)
- Virtual museum of Romanov in Perm (http://www.permonline.ru/~museum/romanov/)
- http://www.kommersant.com/tree.asp?rubric=5&node=406&doc_id=-62 - Perm and Perm Region Information on Kommersant Publishing webpage (also, see all other Russian subjects of the Federation)bg:Перм
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