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13 unusual facts about perm


10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division

Three tank brigades (including one from Perm) and one motor-rifle brigade and other military units were included in its structure.

2008 Chelyabinsk Antonov An-12 crash

After departure to Perm it turned back and crashed near the airfield, killing all nine crew members .

Abraham Kaufman

Kaufman graduated from a traditional Gymnasium Institute (secondary school) in Perm, Russia, in 1903, where he became interested in Zionism.

Angel Corella

In 2007, Kings of the Dance toured to Russia with performances in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Perm, Russia.

Dmitri Filimonov

After one season in Finland for KalPa, Filimonov returned to Russia in 1997 to play for his hometown team Molot-Prikamye Perm, where he remained until his retirement from hockey in 2006.

Evgeny Sheyko

2001–10 – Guest Conductor of opera and ballet festivals in Russian cities: Perm, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Cheboksary, Saratov

Karol Turno

After the Battle of Warsaw he remained in the city, was arrested by the Russians and sentenced to forcible resettlement to Perm.

Liana Churilova

Originally from Perm, Russia she began ballroom dancing at the early age of 6 and then at 11 years moved to Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Martin Kushev

Martin spent 6 seasons of his career at the club of Perm, playing in 134 games.

Matryona Nikonova

Later, he was sent for training to Perm with Evdokia, and Zinaida was born shortly thereafter.

Sedmoi Kontinent

As of July 2010, the company had 121 supermarkets and 4 hypermarkets in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, 10 supermarkets in Kaliningrad Oblast and one hypermarket in each of the following locations: Ryazan, Chelyabinsk, Minsk (Belarus), Perm, Belgorod and Yaroslavl.

Sigitas Tamkevičius

Tamkevičius spent his prison term in the labor camps of Perm and Mordovia.

Sukhoi Su-8

Two prototypes were completed at Plant Number 19 in Molotov 1943, the first in May and the second in August, with work hampered by the Nazi invasion and need to evacuate the Sukhoi Design Bureau to Tushino.


A55 road

The road improvements have been part funded with European money, under the Trans-European Networks programme, as the route is designated part of Euroroute E22 (Holyhead - Leeds - Amsterdam - Hamburg - Malmoe - Riga - Moscow - Perm - Ekaterinburg - Ishim).

Alexander Semyonov

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Semyonov (b. 1982), Russian footballer with FC Neman Grodno; formerly FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Amkar Perm & FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod

Angie Watts

Angie is well known for her cheeky banter, her huge shaggy perm and turning to alcohol during her stormy marriage to cheating Den (Leslie Grantham) which ends when he hands her divorce papers on Christmas Day, in an episode watched by a record-breaking 30.1 million viewers.

Assault! Jack the Ripper

Hasebe told her that he wished for her character to sport an Afro perm.

Buy

Buy River, a river in Perm Krai and the republics of Bashkortostan and Udmurtia in Russia

Constantine Coronini

Born in the Gorodishche village, Solikamsky District, in the Perm Orthodox diocese, John Coronini's son, he also a converted to Catholicism from Orthodoxy.

Dmitri Sokolov

Dmitri Olegovich Sokolov (born 1988), Russian footballer with FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Amkar Perm

Kolchak army offensive

Whites had three armies: Siberian Army (52,000 men, 83 guns, commander - Radola Gajda) on the northern flank between Glazov and Perm, Western Army (48,000 men, 120 guns, commander - Mikhail Hanzhin) in the middle between Birsk and Ufa, cossacks (11,000 - 13,000 men) on the southern flank.

Komi peoples

Komi dukes unified the Great Perm with its centre at the stronghold of Cherdyn.

Komi-Permyak

Komi-Permyak Okrug, a territory with special status within Perm Krai, Russia

Krasnokamsk

Important highway runs through Krasnokamsk and connects Perm, Ochyor, and Igra (in the Udmurt Republic).

Krasnoufimsky

Krasnoufimsky Uyezd (1781–1923), an administrative division of Perm Governorate, Russian Empire (and later the Russian SFSR)

Mikhail Popov

Mikhail Abramovich Popov (1753–1811), Russian businessman and politician, first mayor of Perm

Osinsky

Osinsky Uyezd, a historical administrative division of Perm Governorate, Russian Empire

Perm Krai

There are many theaters in Perm, including the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater, the Perm Academic Theater, the Puppet Theater, the Theater for Young Spectators, the Theater "Near Bridge", and others.

Verkhotursky

Verkhotursky Uyezd, an administrative division (an uyezd) of Perm Governorate, Russian Empire and later Russian SFSR

Volga–Urals Military District

The Kazan Military District, with its headquarters in Kazan, took in the Orenburg, Kazan, and Ufa provinces, part of the Perm province, and the Ural and Turgay regions.

Vyatka horse

The Vyatka breed was influenced by the climate and terrain of the Kirov, Udmurtia and western Perm regions; Estonian horses and Kleppers brought to northern Russia by Novgorod colonists from the 14th century may have affected its conformation, as may later imports of Estonian horses for mining work in the Ural Mountains.

Wajima Hiroshi

His other departures from sumo norms included having his hair permed before growing a topknot, staying in luxury hotels and driving a Lincoln Continental whilst on regional sumo tours (jungyo), and associating himself with outsiders such as the yazuka and going out on late night drinking sessions.