Sights in Perm
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Perm State Art Gallery
Housed in the grand Cathedral of Christ Transfiguration on the banks of the Kama, the Perm State Art Gallery is renowned for its collection of Permian wooden sculpture. These brightly coloured figures are a product of an uneasy compromise between Christian missionaries and the native Finno-Ugric population. The latter, while agreeing to be converted, closely identified the Christian saints these sculptures depict with their ancient gods and treated them as such eg by smearing their lips with the blood of sacrificed animals.
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Dvorets Sportom Molot
Perm's professional basketball team, Ural Great, has not won the championship for a few years, but they still have a loyal fan base. They play from September to April.
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Sergei Diaghilev Museum
The Sergei Diaghilev Museum is a small, lovingly curated school museum dedicated to the impresario (1872–1929) who turned Russian ballet into a world-famous brand. Children speaking foreign languages, including English, serve as guides.
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Hotel Tsentralnaya
Hotel Tsentralnaya is where Grand Duke Mikhail – who formally became the tsar of Russia for a few hours between Nicholas II’s abdication and his own – spent his last night before being shot by the Bolsheviks.
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Mosque
The lovely mosque that has served local Tatar Muslims since 1902 graces Perm’s skyline when viewed from the other bank of the Kama.
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Gribushin House
Literature buffs can peek into Gribushin House, said to be the prototype for Zhivago’s ‘house with figures’.
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Ethnographic Museum
Next door to the Perm State Art Gallery, the Ethnographic Museum features mainly stuffed animals but houses some exhibits on local history.
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