Perm, Russia

This article is about the city in Russia. For the hairstyle, see perm (hairstyle). For other uses, see Perm (disambiguation)

Perm (Russian: Пермь, pronounced:pʲɛrʲmʲ) is a city and administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia. It lies on the banks of the Kama River, at the foot of the Ural Mountains.

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. City of Perm. General view (1910)

Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. View of the city of Perm from Gorodskiye Gorki (1910)

Perm is one of the largest cities in Russia, with 976,116 (2006 est.) inhabitants, fewer than the 1,001,653 recorded in the 2002 Census and 1,090,944 recorded in the 1989 Census.

In geology, the Permian period takes its name from the region.

History

From 1940 until 1957, the city was named Molotov (Мо́лотов), after Vyacheslav Molotov. In 2021, six people were killed in a mass shooting.

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions

Building of the Perm Administration

Perm is divided into seven city districts:

City District	Population (2002 Census)
Dzerzhinsky (Дзержи́нский)	153,403
Industrialny (Индустриа́льный)	160,039
Kirovsky (Ки́ровский)	126,960
Leninsky (Ле́нинский)	57,569
Motovilikhinsky (Мотови́лихинский)	176,564
Ordzhonikidzevsky (Орджоники́дзевский)	111,631
Sverdlovsky (Свердло́вский)	215,487

Modern city

TGC-9

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.

There is one international airport in Perm Bolshoye Savino (Big Savino). Perm is also served by the smaller airport "Bakharevka".

Perm's public transit network includes streetcar (tram), bus, and trolleybus routes.

Sister cities

Perm is the sister city of (twinned with):

• Louisville, Kentucky, United States (1994)
• Oxford, United Kingdom (1995)
• Duisburg, Germany (2007)

Sport

• FC Amkar Perm, the football club based in Perm, playing in the Russian Premier League
• Molot-Prikame Perm, ice hockey club playing in the Russian Hockey Super League
• PBC Ural Great, the basketball club based in Perm, playing in the Russian Basketball Super League

Other websites

• Official website
• Perm regional server Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
• The Official Website of the Perm Municipal Duma Archived 2013-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
• The heritage of Perm Region Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Perm Chamber of Commerce and Industry Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
• The Western Ural Photographic Album Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
• History of Perm Archived 2000-09-30 at Archive.today
• Perm and Perm Region Information on Kommersant Publishing webpage (also, see all other Russian subjects of the Federation) Archived 2005-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
• The city of Perm - The poem of the town Archived 2020-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Perm State University Archived 2012-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Perm for travelers Sights of Perm and Perm's region
• General info on the city of Perm