0259 Russia - Perm Krai

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Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia. Administrative center of the region is Perm city. 

For the first time the word “perm” was mentioned in the outstanding monument of ancient Russia in the early 12th century “Povest vremennykh let”.
The first Russian expeditions to the Urals took place to the north of the Kama basin, probably the word “perm” meant the population of Vychegodsky basin, the ancestors of the Komi-Erzya.