Monument to the letter P

Perm, Kommunisticheskaya st., 125

Attractions of Perm The monument to the letter P, or the Perm gates, is the most ambiguous art object in the city. The monument appeared in 2011 and still evokes the most contradictory feelings both in Perm and in the visitors, from admiration to disgust.

Permyak salty ears

Perm, Komsomolsky Prospekt, 27

Attractions of Perm Monument Permyak salted ears - the most famous landmark of the Urals. Genre urban sculpture consists of two parts - the figure of the photographer and a round frame with big ears near it. It is in this frame that you need to substitute your face and take a picture.

Holy Trinity Stefanov Monastery

Perm, st. Висимская, 4А

Attractions of Perm The first wooden building of the Holy Trinity Stefanov Monastery was built in 1790. The place to build was chosen not by accident - the townspeople wanted to see the church next to the pond in Motovilikha.

Memorial Museum of the History of Political Repressions "Perm-36"

Perm, bld. Gagarina, 10

Attractions of Perm The Memorial Museum of the History of Political Repression "Perm-36" is the only cultural institution in Russia of its kind. On the territory of the complex during the Soviet years there was a camp for dissidents and dissenters

Perm Rotunda

Perm, Sibirskaya Street, 49

Attractions of Perm The structure has almost two centuries of history - the rotunda was was built in 1824 in honor of the visit of Emperor Alexander I. The anointed ones of God did not often visit the provincial city, so they prepared especially for the meeting of the honored guest.

Perm Zoo

Perm, ul. Monastyrskaya, 10

Attractions of Perm Perm Zoo started with a small corner of wildlife at the museum of local lore. Despite the fact that there were only a few dozen exhibits in the collection of the zoo, the number of visitors to the corner soon reached six thousand people per month.

Perm tries to maintain its image of the cultural capital, if not all of Russia, at least of the Urals and the Volga region. Perhaps this title deserves the city.

Lovers of unusual shapes and colors should visit the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art at least once. All the interesting and even scandalous exhibitions of the gallery owner Marat Gelman were held here

Thanks to the Internet and the blog of Artemy Lebedev one of the most famous art objects of Perm is the monument to the letter P.

Another unusual urban art object is the monument of Permyak's salty ears. Most often, this sculpture is depicted on magnets and postcards for tourists.

Perm Hotels are rarely idle - the city hosts a variety of cultural events, which attract a large number of spectators. If the festivals "White Nights" or "Diaghilev Seasons" are heard by many, then, for example, not everyone knows about "The Music of Old Mansions". Several evenings on the big squares of the city sound classical music of different centuries.

In the middle of February in the park named after M. Gorky there is an international festival of snow and ice sculptures. Artists who create such fragile and short-lived material, come to Perm from all over the world.

Have not you bought a map of the city? Nothing wrong. The main architectural sights and cultural codes of Perm can be determined with the help of special city projects - "Green Line" and "Red Line". In the center of Perm you can easily find information stands of the appropriate colors. The booth contains comprehensive information on the sights that you are near, as well as a hint as to how easy it is to get to the next one.

"Green Line" unites nearly four dozen historical and modern tourist attractions. And if you go on the routes of the "Red Line", then it will be a walk through the places connected with this or that well-known person. For example, you can walk to the places of military glory of General Kappel

Architectural features

The city managed to save many monuments of architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is the Profitable House of Belov, the House-Museum of Slavyanova, the Diaghilevskaya Gymnasium. Now these buildings have administrative structures, but most are occupied by cultural institutions.

In the historical part of Perm it's difficult to get lost. The city was built quite logically - the wide streets were located parallel to the Kama River. Between them, they connect less significant streets and lanes.

Be sure to stroll along the Kama embankment. It is there that there is an inscription from giant letters - "Happiness is not far off" - you must have seen it in the headpiece to the popular TV series.

To get interesting to the river, go down to Komsomolsky Avenue on foot. You should definitely like this street, the pedestrian zone on Komsomolsky Avenue is in the middle. At the end of the avenue there is the Transfiguration Cathedral (where the Perm Art Gallery is located) and a monument to Nikolai the Wonder-worker.

If you have enough time - visit the theaters. There are enough temples of Melpomene in the city: Perm Youth Theater, Perm Theater "At the Bridge", Perm Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. PI Tchaikovsky and others.