The geographical inquiry
The Perm Region occupies 193,5 thousand sq. km. It spreads over from east suburb of Russian plain to the western slope of Middle and Northern Ural Mountains, is situated right between two parts of the world — Europe and Asia. The region represents eastern "advanced post" of Europe, 99,8% belongs to Europe and only 0,2 % - to Asia.
In the north the region borders with Komi republic, in the west — with the Kirov region and Udmurtiya, in the south with Bashkiria, in the east — with Sverdlovsk area.
The economic situation
Perm region is one of the most developed regions of Russia, it takes one of the leading places in national industrial production. It plays a significant role in the process of forming of the Federal budget an and belongs to a number of regions-donors.
The basis of an industrial complex of the region is formed by chemical and petrochemical industry, fuel industry, electric power industry, metallurgy industry, mechanical engineering, wooden processing industry.
Perm region is in the lead in Russian manufacture of fuel equipment, gas-transfer aggregates and gas-turbine power plants, oil-field equipment, equipment of digital and fiber-optical systems of information transfer.
Metallurgy industry is presented by the enterprises for processing of ferrous, nonferrous and rare-earth metals, and also the enterprises of powder metallurgy. Unique Russian manufacture of titanium sponge is in Perm region and a half of all-Russian volumes of magnesium is made there. There is one of the largest state district power stations of Russia in the region. 40 % of electric power produced in Perm region transfers to next subject of the federation.
There are more than 100 oil and gas fields in Prikamye. The powerful petroleum refinery allows to make all spectrum of petrochemical products.
A large mine and chemical complex is created on the basis of a unique Verhnekamsky deposit of chloride salts of sodium, potassium, magnesium the extraction of them makes 100 % in Russian Federation.
Nonferrous rare-earth metals, precious metals diamonds are extracted and processed in the region.
Considerable wood resources of Perm region give to region a status of one of the leading timber industry and procuring bases of Russia. Pulp and paper industry enterprises produce 20 % of paper of total volume of its manufacture in Russia. Perm region is one of the largest Russian exporters of newsprint.
Transcontinental railway, automobile and air-lines are crossed in Perm region, there are a waterway to Northern and Southern Europe, petro- and gas pipelines. The structure of transport system includes the international airport.
For many decades the Western Ural Mountains was closed for foreign partners. Today a lot of foreign companies work there. Perm region takes one of the leading places in Russia by volume of export, including to a foreign market.
Perm region is a large centre of science. It is taught about 60 thousand students in 13 independent higher educational institutions. The scientific potential of the area is also presented by the centres of basic researches, Perm centre of Ural branch of Russian Academy of Science, research and design offices.
Sightseeing
There are 10 professional theatrical groups, 18 museums in the region. There are also a circus, a philharmonic society and the only planetarium in the regional centre.
Perm state academic opera and ballet theatre of Tchaikovsky is one of the oldest Russian theatres and belongs to the leading musical theatres of the country. Its ballet company has the world-wide fame.
The private theatre «Evgenie Panfilov's Ballet» has established a reputation as highly professional theatre of modern ballet.
Perm art gallery with its the unique collection of the Perm wooden sculpture, «stroganov’s» collection of Russian icons, works of Russian painting (Repin, Levitan, Savrasov, Serov) is famous all over the world.
There is one archival museum «the Memorial of victims of political repression». It was based on settlement # 36, which was famous for its prisoners-politicians from all over the USSR.
The architecturally-ethnographic museum "Hohlovka" is located in Ural Mountains, near Perm. Some unique wooden constructions of 17-19th centuries were brought there from north.
The unique Kungurskaya Ice cave is well recognized as a national valuable monument. The Kungurskaya cave is the largest gypsum cave of Ural Mountains, the sixth in the world by its extent.
To learn more about the Perm region:
- The Perm regional server
- Perm Commercial and industrial chamber website
- Perm City administration website