This week, as part of the "Year of National Culture" project, we are dedicating the Perm Region
Perm is a city in the east of the European part of Russia, on the banks of the Ural Kama River. The capital of the Perm Region. Industrial, scientific, cultural center of the Urals. The third largest city in Russia.
Perm is a city in the east of the European part of Russia, on the banks of the Ural Kama River. The capital of the Perm Region. Industrial, scientific, cultural center of the Urals. The third largest city in Russia.
- There are more people living here than in most European capitals, and three times more than in all the Maldives combined.
- Perm produces a third of all plastic bank cards issued in Russia.
- For 17 years, this city was named Molotov, in honor of a famous politician.
- Initially, the word "Perm" did not mean the name of the city, but the name of the people who inhabited these lands.
- The radio was invented by Permian Alexander Popov.
- Urban forests in Perm occupy almost 50% of the territory.
- It was Perm that became the first Ural city through which the railway was laid.
