Komi-Permyatsky Autonomous Area: the city of Kudymkar and attractions

The Komi people lived in the upper basin of the Kama River from ancient times, and in 1925 the government of the then young Soviet state decided to create the Komi-Permyatsky BUT in the Urals region. This step allowed the indigenous inhabitants of these places to preserve their culture and not forget their language and customs.

Where is the Komi-Permyak District

Komi-Permyak AO is located in the upper Kama, in the Urals, in the taiga zone. In the east, northeast, south and south-east it borders on the Perm region, in the west - with the Kirov region, and to the north and north-west is the Komi Republic. Unfortunately, the district does not have a railway connection, and the nearest railway station is located far enough from the territory of the administrative education. However, the lack of a railway connection is successfully compensated by the excellent water main - Kama, through which food and household goods are transported to the Komi-Permyatsky Autonomous Okrug and the forest is exported.

How is it correct: Komi-Permyak District or the Autonomous Okrug?

Today, there is often confusion associated with the official name of the district. The fact is that not much is known for the fact that in 2003 the residents of Komi-Permyatskiy AO and the Perm region took part in the referendum, which resulted in the merger of these two subjects of the federation into a new territorial-administrative entity - the Perm Territory - at the end of 2005. At the same time, the Komi-Permyak okrug was created within the territory, with special administrative status.

Kudymkar: history and modernity

Like any territorial formation, the Komi-Permyatsky Autonomous District has an administrative center or, as the residents call it, the capital is the city of Kudymkar, located about 200 km from the city of Perm.

It is well known that the first settlement on the site of modern Kudymkar, the so-called Kudymkar fortified settlement, existed in the 7th century AD, however, as a settlement in the modern sense, Kudymkar was mentioned from the end of the 16th century, and the city status was appropriated to it in 1938.

Today, the capital of the Komi-Permyak autonomous region covers an area of 25 km ² , where about 30,000 people live, most of whom are indigenous. In the city there are four general schools, a gymnasium, a forest and agricultural technical school, a medical school, a pedagogical college and several other educational institutions.

Tourism

The Komi-Permyak Autonomous District has a huge tourist potential. Particularly broad prospects are seen in the field of eco-tourism, as there are many corners of the virgin nature preserved here. If you look closely, you can see that the map of the Permian Komi Autonomous District resembles a solid green field, with blue veins of numerous rivers and streams. The main wealth of these places is the full-flowing river Kama, picturesque Starikovskoe and Adovo lakes, where thousands of fishing lovers come from all over the Perm region and other regions of the Russian Federation every year. In addition, the tourists are very popular in the taiga.

Tourist attractions of Kudymkar

In 1990, the city of Kudymkar was ranked among the small historical cities of Russia. And this is quite justified, as here you can see several interesting historical monuments and visit the museum of local lore, in the exposition of which there are many valuable exhibits devoted to the natural riches and history of the region. In the Kudymkar Museum, located at 8 Marta Street, 27, tourists can see objects of everyday life that the inhabitants of the region have enjoyed since ancient times, as well as an exhibition dedicated to the Soviet period.

The Komi-Permyak autonomous region is not distinguished by the large number of ancient architectural monuments, that is why its residents have a particularly careful attitude to the Kudymkar temple of Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in 1795 under the leadership of the famous architect A. N. Voronikhin. Two more sights of the capital of the district are the house of management of the Stroganovs and the building of the men's school, built about 150 years ago.

From memorials of the Soviet period it is possible to allocate the Victory Memorial, which often becomes a place of carrying out of solemn actions and one of favorite places of walks of inhabitants of a city. The Komi-Permyak Autonomous District is known for its holy spring, located in the Kudymkarsky Pond. It is interesting that although the spring is designed in accordance with the ancient pagan beliefs of the indigenous people and resembles a bearish head, the Orthodox priests sanctify the source water from time to time. And from modern sights the greatest interest among the guests and residents of Kudymkar is a monument to the legendary hero of the Komi people - Kudym-Osh, who is considered the founder of the city.