June 12 - Day of the city of Perm - 298 years (2021)

 Perm is a Russian city, the administrative center of the Perm Territory, located on the banks of the Kama River, the largest left tributary of the Volga, south of the mouth of the Chusovaya River.  The day of the foundation of the city of Perm is considered the date of the beginning of the construction of the Yegoshikhinsky copper smelter, which was founded in 1723 by V.N.  Tatishchev near the village of Yegoshikhi.  In 1780, Catherine II signed a decree on the creation of the city of Perm and the Perm governorship on the basis of the plant, as part of two regions - Perm and Tobolsk.  The opening of the city and the governorship took place on October 18, 1781.  Almost a hundred years later, in 1878, the Ural railway opened, making the city a major transport hub and industrial center.  In 1896, 139 factories and plants operated in Perm.  On December 25, 1918, the troops of Kolchak's army occupied the city.  On the night of July 1, 1919, the Reds occupy the city, and Soviet power was established.  In 1940 the city was renamed into the city of Molotov, in honor of V.M.  Molotov.  During the Great Patriotic War, the Perm region receives the evacuated population and enterprises.  124 industrial enterprises were transferred to the region, 64 of them to Molotov. In 1955, the construction of the Kama hydroelectric power station was completed.  And two years later, the city was returned to its historical name.  On January 22, 1971, the city of Perm was awarded the Order of Lenin.  Perm Art Gallery Perm Art Gallery On October 21, 2005, the 1st stage of the Krasavinsky bridge across the Kama was opened, which is the third longest in Russia.  Among the sights of Perm: the Bishop's House in the complex of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, the City Duma, Meshkov's House, a seminary, a wooden rotunda in the former Zagorodny Garden.  The Gribushin House is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, it is considered the prototype of the “house with figures” in the novel “Doctor Zhivago”.  Near the city is the Turbinsky burial ground of the 16-14th centuries BC.  e., an archaeological site of the Bronze Age, in the village of Kurashim - the wooden church of John the Baptist.  It is interesting that in 1875 a 50-ton Permian hammer-king was made here.  Several legends are associated with the name of the city.  The traditional version says that the word Perm comes from "Parma" (an elevated area overgrown with a spruce forest), according to another opinion, the name of the city is from the name of the folklore Permian Komi hero Pera.  The city is home to over 1 million people (2014).  City Day is celebrated on June 12, simultaneously with Russia Day, although May 4, 1723 is considered to be the city's birthday.

I love my city for its beauty, the kindness of people, the Kama River.

Sincerely, Lyubov Sultanova.