For the geologic period see Permian. For the hair treatment see Permanent wave.

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. Geographical location 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.

See also

• FC Amkar Perm, the football club based in Perm.
• Ural Great , the basketball club based in Perm.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)
• The heritage of Perm Region (in English, Russian)
• Perm Chamber of Commerce and Industry (in English, Russian)
• Virtual museum of Romanov in Perm
• 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)

In 13th – 17th centuries Perm was the name of a large area approximately comprising the modern Perm Oblast and Komi Republic.

Perm is also a shorthand term for Permanent Employee.