- Perm State University was founded on October 14, 1916. It originated on the dividing line of two epochs of Russian history.
- From the point of view of economic geography , Perm is an organic part of the Urals economic region.The Kama is the fourth longest river in Europe.
- The Perm Territory lies in the north-eastern part of the East-European Plain and on the western slopes of the Middle and North Urals in Russia.