Cherdyn (russian: Че́рдынь; kv, Чердін) is a town and the administrative center of

Cherdynsky District Cherdynsky District (russian: Че́рдынский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.Law #416-67 Municipally, it is incorporated as Cherdynsky Municipal District.Law #1 ...

in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Kolva River. Population:

History

Local authorities advertise Cherdyn to tourists as the capital of the ancient

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. This information is based on an 1835 study by the

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historian A.M. Strinnholm as well as the 1815 study by the Russian historian Nikolay Karamzin.N. M. Karamzin, ''History of the Russian State'', 1815. Strinnholm mentioned that the last trip of Scandinavian Vikings to Bjarmia (aka the Great Perm) happened in 1222. Four well-equipped ships of

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burned Bjarmian towns to the ground. After that, the fur trade between the Great Perm and Western Europe was possible only via the Novgorod Republic, which became the

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of all Northern Russia. After the centralization of Russian principalities by the Grand Dukes of Moscow, the princes of Perm, who already had Russian names, became their vassals as well as answering to Novgorod. Great Perm–Cherdyn supplied a great deal of silver paid as tribute of Moscow, which in turn paid the Golden Horde. Tension between Moscow and Novgorod led to a war of 1471, after which the defeated Novgorod Republic was annexed by the

Grand Duchy of Moscow The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (russian: Великое княжество Московское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Lati ...

. The next year (1472) Cherdyn, Pokcha, and all other towns of Great Perm also became the prizes of conquest. The main fort of the Muscovites was built in Pokcha, located to the north of Cherdyn. It was burned by indigenous tribes in the beginning of the 16th century. Cherdyn, as well as all of Perm, was still governed by the dynasty of local Great Perm princes until 1505. After that, the Grand Duke sent a governor from Moscow, and he chose Cherdyn as his residence. In 1535, Cherdyn was granted town rights. It was the starting point of an early river route to Siberia. Following the establishment of the Babinov Road—a more traveled overland route—the town quickly lost its significance. Cherdyn 1912

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Cherdyn serves as the administrative center of

, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #416-67 As a municipal division, the town of Cherdyn is incorporated within Cherdynsky Municipal District as Cherdynskoye Urban Settlement.Law #1735-355

Climate

Cherdyn has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

( Köppen climate classification ''Dfc''), with very cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer and fall than at other times of the year.

Notable people

In 1934, during the times of Stalin, Cherdyn was the place to which poet Osip Mandelstam was sentenced to internal exile with his wife Nadezhda.

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External links

Official website of Cherdyn

Cherdyn Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Perm Krai Cherdynsky Uyezd