Perm (Russian: ?????) is a large industrial city situated on the Kama river banks, at the western foothills of the Ural Mountain range. The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatishchev, who was sent by Peter I to exploit the vast amounts of ores found in the region. The city was named Molotov (??´?????), after Vyacheslav Molotov, the minister of foreign affairs under Jozef Stalin. http://wikitravel.org/en/Perm