Perm District (russian: Пе́рмский райо́н, ) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
thirty-three in
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #416-67] Population - 116,353 (2021)
Geography
The Perm district is located in the suburban area of Perm. It borders on
Krasnokamsk municipality,
Dobryansk municipality,
Chusovskoy municipality,
Kungur municipal district,
Okhansk municipality as well as
Nytvensk municipality along the
river Kama. The district has 17 rural settlements comprising 223 communities.
The area of the district is 3753.05 km
2.
History
Perm
uyezd
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was one of the 16 constituent districts of Perm province, formed by the manifesto of
Catherine the Great
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in 1775.
Kultaevski district (administrative centre is Kultaevo village) was formed as a part of Perm district of
Uralian region in December 1923. In December 1924 administrative centre of the district was moved to Verkhniye Mulli village.
Kultaevo district (at the initiative of the population) was renamed into Kalininskiy district in December 1925.
The Kalininsky district was united with the Motovilikhinsky district into one Kalininsky district with the centre in the town of Perm in October 1927 (the All-Russian Central Executive Committee decision of 14.10.1927).
In 1931 Kalininsky district was united with a part of liquidated Leninsky (Grigoryevsky), Yugovsky and South-Osokinsky districts into one Perm district with the centre in Perm (administrated by the city council).
On March 26, 1939, there was a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
on the formation of Verkhne-Mullinsky district, later renamed to Perm district. It included 94 collective farms, 5 state farms, 5 industrial collective farms, 2 machine-tractor stations.
Economy
Location in the suburban area of the regional centre gives specific character to the farms: dairy and vegetable, egg and poultry production. Well-known enterprises include the Verkhnemullinsky livestock breeding farm, the Russian agricultural holding company and State Horse Breeding Farm. All of them have been liquidated due to bankruptcy.
Transport
The
Trans-Siberian Railway
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and "Perm-Yekaterinburg" line pass through the
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
. The boundaries of the area are washed by the waters of two reservoirs, the
Kama
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and the
Votkinsk
Votkinsk (russian: Во́ткинск; udm, Вотка, ''Votka'') is an industrial town in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Population:
History
It was established in April 1759, initially as a center for metallurgical enterprises, and the economic ...
. In summer the Yugo-Kamski-Okhansk and Mostovaya-Nasadka ferries operate. In the Perm District is the "air gate" of Perm International Airport
Bolshoye Savino (18 km from the city centre of Perm).
There are two major oil and gas pipelines of Russian and international importance running through the Perm District: Surgut-Polotsk and Urengoy-Centre.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Permsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the krai.
The city of
Perm
Perm or PERM may refer to:
Places
*Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
**Perm Governorate, an administra ...
serves as its
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a
city of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Permsky Municipal District.
[Law #1868-402] The city of krai significance of Perm is incorporated separately from the district as Perm Urban Okrug.
[Law #2038-446]
Notable residents
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Ilya Berezin
Ilya Nikolayevich Berezin (russian: Илья́ Никола́евич Бере́зин, 20 July 1818, Yug (settlement), Yug, Permsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire,— 3 April 1896, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a prominent Russia ...
(1818–1896), Orientalist, born in the settlement of
Yug
*
Fyodor Panayev
Fyodor Nikolayevich Panayev (russian: Фёдор Никола́евич Пана́ев, 1856—1933) was a Russian teacher and climatologist, the author of a number of books on climatology and one of the founders of Perm Zoo.
Fyodor Panayev was ...
(1856–1933), teacher and climatologist, born in Yug
See also
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Alebastrovo
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Zaborye
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Zagrishinskoye
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Zavedeniye
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Zaykovo
References
Notes
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Districts of Perm Krai
States and territories established in 1939