__Perm is the largest city in the Prikamye area, the centre of the Perm Region. The city is situation on the Kama River, in the geographical zone called "the Vyatsko - Kamskaya taiga". 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. It is 1,805 km in length.
__Our city is an impotant river port. Passenger motor- vessels, cardo boats and barges come to Perm from five seas.The Kama River embankment near the river - boat station is one of the most picturesque spots. The city is surrounded by beautiful pine forests.

__ Perm's climate is continental. The Kama water reservoir (the Kama Sea) makes it rather damp. The mean temprature in January is about minus 15'C and in July 18'C above zero. Humidity is often above 80 per cent.

__ Perm has an area of 720 sq km. The city stretches along the Kama for 65 km. In the Commonwealth of Independent States Perm is second in size only to Moscow and Kiev. Its population is over 1,100,000. The bensity of the population is the lowest among the megacities. The city is divided into seven districts: Leninsky,Sverdlovsky,Dzerzhinsky, Motovilikhinski, Industrialny, Ordzhonikidzevsky and Kirovsky.

__ The river - boat station, Perm I and Perm II railway stations, Bolshoye Savino and Bakharevka airports are the city's "gates". Perm is one of the big industrial, scientific and cultural centres in our country.