Great Perm

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Map of Northern Russia, including Permia; by Gerard Mercator (Amsterdam, 1595).
Map of Northern Russia, including Permia; by Gerard Mercator (Amsterdam, 1595).

Great Perm or Permia (Russian: Великая Пермия) was a medieval Komi state in the modern-day Perm Krai of Russia. Cherdyn is said to have been its capital.[1]

The relationship of Permia to Bjarmaland of Norse sagas is often speculated, but remains uncertain. It has also been suggested that Wisu mentioned by contemporary Arabic sources would have been the same as Great Perm.

The area was Christianized by St. Stephen of Perm in the 14th century. Moscovy gained control of the area in 1472 and finally deposed local princes in 1505.[2]

Up to the early 18th century, the name was officially used of the Upper Kama area, governed by the Stroganovs.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Article on Cherdyn. In English.
  2. ^ Article on Great Perm. In English.

[edit] Further reading

  • V. Oborin. The Settlement and Developing of Ural in Late Eleventh – Early Seventeenth Centuries. University of Irkutsk, 1990.
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