Great Perm

Large -perm or just Perm Latinized, Permia (Russian Пермь Великая ) was a medieval Komi - principality, whose name remained as a landscape designation at a later time.

A relationship to the Norse sagas Bjarmaland is obvious, but uncertain. Also the Wisu contemporary Arab sources might be case -perm my.

The area was located on the upper Kama and includes areas in today's Perm Region and the Komi Republic. It had close relations with the Permiern at the Vychegda (also called small - Perm ). Both were of the Republic of Novgorod to pay tribute. In the 14th century the area was Christianized by Stefan of Perm and came as a result more and more under the influence of Moscow. Finally, the princely seat may have been in Tscherdyn.

In 1451 a royal house as a vassal of Moscow to the power that bore the title of Prince Wymski and Welikopermski and despite their formal dependence on a seesaw policy between Moscow, Novgorod and Kazan tried. 1472 Finally, the area was conquered by a Moscow vassals army, whose ranks were also Wymski - Prince. Prince Mikhail Welikopermski was taken prisoner, but was soon released and ruled the territory as governor of Moscow. His son Matfej was then permanently discontinued in 1505.

As a landscape name for the area on the upper Kama, the name kept until the 18th century, the south belonged to the domain of the Stroganov. The name Perm was then used for the 1723 founded city.