Perm

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 58°00′ N 56°14′ E. 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.

The former Emperor Mikhail II was executed in the outskirts of Perm with his secretary Nicholas Johnson on June 12, 1918 on the orders of the Perm Cheka. Their bodies were never recovered.

From 1940 until 1957 the city was named Molotov (Мо́лотов), after Vyacheslav Molotov.