Kungur

Kungur is a metropolis within the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia. Kungur was based 17 kilometers above the Iren River's mouth on the banks of the Kungurka River in 1648. In 1662, it was burnt by Bashkirs. In 1663, it turned into rebuilt as a fort at the vicinity of the village of Mysovskoye. In the beginning of the 18th century, leather-based and footwear industries commenced to develop here, and in 1724, a tannery changed into constructed. By the mid-18th century, Kungur have become one of the maximum populated areas in the Urals. In 1759, Perm management of mining plant life was moved to Kungur.

By the quit of the 18th century, Kungur is an important transit change middle of the Siberian street, in addition to the center of leather-based manufacture in Perm Governorate. Kungur rope and linseed oil were widely known. In 1774, the city withstood a siege by using Yemelyan Pugachev's Cossack forces. By the cease of the 19^th century, Kungur had grow to be a massive commercial and cultural middle. In 1890 the Kungurian Age of the Permian Period of geological time turned into named for Kungur. Among the great buildings in Kungur are the Transfiguration Church, Nikola Cathedral, former Guest courtyard with the Burse, the Zyryanov Hospice, the 19th century storehouses of the Kopakov traders.