Perm

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Perm

Total population

1,027,518

Coordinates58.01°, 56.23°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Perm, originally known as Yagoshikha and briefly as Molotov, is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia. It sits on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains, covering an area of 799.68 square kilometres. With over one million residents Perm is the 15th-largest city in Russia and the 5th-largest in the Volga Federal District.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Andrey Bezukladnikov

Russian photographer

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Vladimir Bezukladnikov

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Dmitry Beklemishev

Soviet and Russian mathematics pedagogue (1930-2021)

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Konstantin Beklemishev

Aleksandr Belykh

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Zoya Berber

Russian actor

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Ivan Besonov

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Sergey Bobrov

Russian director and actor (1967- )

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Alexander Bolonkin

Russian scientist (1933–2020)

Igor Borisov

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Andrei Bryukhanov

Russian association football player

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Vladimir Bulygin

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Lyubov Butkevich

Russian journalist

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Nikolay Bykov

Andrey Vavilov

Russian politician

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Viktor Varavin

Russian chess player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Perm Krai

• Krasnokamsk
  18 mi away · pop. 47,379
• Sylva
  18.9 mi away · pop. 8,066
• Zvyozdny
  19.3 mi away · pop. 7,512
• Polazna
  20.5 mi away · pop. 11,383
• Uralskii
  25.1 mi away · pop. 6,513
• Dobryanka
  31.8 mi away · pop. 28,328
• Yugo-Kamskiy
  32 mi away · pop. 9,910
• Nytva
  33.3 mi away · pop. 16,283
• Ochansk
  36.9 mi away · pop. 6,224
• Ilyinsky
  43.2 mi away · pop. 6,228
• Kungur
  48 mi away · pop. 61,628
• Karagay
  50.6 mi away · pop. 6,716

Browse all places in Perm Krai →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Perm

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Great Tit

Parus major

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Sow-thistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Seen 2026-09-24

Autumn Hawkbit

Scorzoneroides autumnalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Seen 2026-09-23

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

Seen 2026-09-23

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Seen 2026-09-23

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).