Perm

The capital and largest city of Perm Krai is Perm, which is located in Russia. The city, which has a population of more than one million people, is situated on the banks of the Kama River, close to the Ural Mountains. It has a total area of 799.68 square kilometres (308.76 square miles). Perm is the fifth-largest city in the Volga Federal District and the fourteenth-largest city in all of Russia.

In the Yagoshikha settlement, a copper-smelting operation was established in 1723. The village of Yagoshikha was transformed into the town of Perm in 1781. Perm was able to develop into a significant manufacturing and commerce hub thanks to its location on the navigable Kama River, which flows into the Volga, and on the Siberian Route across the Ural Mountains. Additionally, it was near the Trans-Siberian Railroad. During the Soviet era, Perm expanded significantly as industrialization in the Urals progressed, and in 1940 it was given the name Molotov in honor of Vyacheslav Molotov. The city reverted to its former name in 1957.

One of the key industrial hubs of the Urals region and a significant rail hub today is Perm. Equipment and machine tools for the coal and petroleum sectors, as well as agricultural machinery, are produced by the city's diverse metallurgical and engineering businesses. A sizable chemical business in the city produces fertilizers and dyes, using oil that is piped in from the West Siberian oilfields. The Perm A.M. Gorky State University, established in 1916, is one of the city's schools of higher learning.

Population - 2021: 1,049,199