PERM

pyĕrm, city (1990 est. pop. 1,090,000), capital of Perm region, NE European Russia, on the Kama River. It is a transfer center for rail and river traffic and a major producer of machinery in the Urals industrial region. Perm also has chemical plants and oil refineries. It was founded in 1780 and underwent rapid industrial growth in the 19th cent. Perm was called Molotov from 1940 to 1958. It is the seat of a university.

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books on: Perm  - 1065 results

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The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy
Book by Clifford G. Gaddy; The Brookings Institution, 1996
Subjects: Defense Industries--Russia (Federation), Economic Conversion--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Economic Policy--1991-
But the feature of Perm that really distinguishes it...enterprises. An American city of Perms size would have easily a couple...manufacturing establishments; in 1985 Perm had 144. The twelve defense...all industrial employment in Perm. They averaged more than 15...
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The Abundant Life Prevails: Religious Traditions of Saint Helena Island
Book by Michael C. Wolfe; Baylor University Press, 2000
Subjects: Penn Center Of The Sea Islands--History, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Church History, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Religion
...Cooley, October 6,1933, March 29,1934, Perm School Papers. 4 Assistant Treasurers Report by Ellen Murray, December 1901, Perm School Papers, reel 1; February 1,1907, Perm School Papers, reel 1; Expenses Report, June...
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The Russian Mafia: Private Protection in a New Market Economy
Book by Federico Varese; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Organized Crime--Russia (Federation), Organized Crime--Russia (Federation)--Prevention, Transnational Crime--Russia (Federation)--Prevention
...188 and structure of criminal groups in Perm 140 , 141 and structure of criminal groups...Janine R. 189 West-Ur 109 White Army, in Perm 76 Women of Russia (political party...privatization 32 pro-Yeltsin parties in Perm 80 reform team 29 security staff detachment...
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The Fate of the Romanovs
Book by Greg King, Penny Wilson; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Nicholas--Ii--Emperor Of Russia--1868-1918--Assassination, Nicholas--Ii--Emperor Of Russia--1868-1918--Family, Russia--History--Nicholas Ii, 1894-1917
...P. Turkin, a member of the Perm Soviet, who was sent to Moscow...band of sympathetic officers in Perm. Turkin apparently spoke to...and both men were pleased at Perms action and decided to officially...without the approval of any Perm organization? This, too...
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European Union Council Presidencies: A Comparative Perspective
Book by Ole Elgström; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Council Of The European Union--Presidents, European Union Countries--Politics And Government
...Interviews Luisa Bastos de Almeida, Portugese perm. rep., 2000-12-07 Frank Belfrage, Swedish...Ministry, 2000-10-03 Anders Bjurner, Swedish perm. rep., 2001-07-03 Gilles Briatta, French perm. rep., 2001-02-09 Hans Brunmayr, Council...
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journal articles on: Perm  - 249 results

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Perm Oblast: Autonomies to Choose from
Journal article by Boris Povarnitsyn; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 9, 2001
Subjects: Culture, International relations, Minority & ethnic groups, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Multiracial people, Perm Russia, War
Perm Oblast: Autonomies to Choose from by Boris...Povarnitsyn is an associate professor of history at Perm State Technical University, Russia. From...ethnopolitics one can examine the situation in Perm oblast. Far from being unique, the region...
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Research on Gifted Children and Adolescents in Russia: A Chronicle of Theoretical and Empirical Development
Journal article by Leonid Dorfman; Roeper Review, Vol. 22, 2000
Subjects: Education--Russia, Gifted children--Research, Russia--Politics and government, Special education--History
...independence, on the other. Merlin: Perms mainstream in psychology Merlin...system. Merlin founded the Perm school of psychologists and...the guidance of Viatkin of the Perm school of psychologists (Viatkin...attention and the like. The Perm school of Merlin-Viatkin...
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Local Administration of Social Assistance Programs in Russia (1)
Journal article by Burton Richman, Raymond Struyk; International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25, 2002
Subjects: Municipal government--Russia, Public administration--Analysis, Russia--Politics and government, Welfare reform--Russia
...Tomsk (population, 480,000), Perm (1 million), Novgorod (230,000...European Russia, Tomsk in Siberia, and Perm in the Urals. The sample covers a broad...Assistance to Families and Children c. Perm 1. District Social Protection Agency d...
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The Cambodian Crisis, 1990-1992: the UN Plan, the Khmer Rouge, and The' State of Cambodia
Journal article by Ben Kiernan; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 24, 1992
Subjects: Asia
...you." 75 Again, France excepted, the Perm-5 were by no means in the forefront of...in July was "outside the context of the Perm-5 process," 76 Several days later another...the U.S. commitment to an unchanged Perm-5 Plan. Sihanouk responded: "I am...
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Enclosure and Run: The Fugitive Recyclopedia of Harryette Mullen's Writing
Journal article by Robin Tremblay-Mcgaw; MELUS, Vol. 35, 2010
Subjects: Mullen, Harryette--Criticism and interpretation, Mullen, Harryette--Works, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works
...Woman (1981), Trimmings (1991), S*PeRM**K*T (1992), Muse Drudge (1995...collection; and Recyclopedia: Trimmings, S*PeRM**K*T, and Muse Drudge (2006...locates Mullens work in Trimmings and S*PeRM**K*T in relation to Gertrude Stein...
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magazine articles on: Perm  - 267 results

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Vorkuta to Perm: Russia's Concentration-camp Museums and My Father's Story
Magazine article by Jon Basil Utley; Freeman, Vol. 55, July 2005
Subjects: Arrests, Berdichevsky, Arcadi, Concentration camps, Museums, Personal profiles, Political prisoners, Russia
Vorkuta to Perm: Russias Concentration-camp...and train to Syktyvkar and Perm in the Ural Mountains to visit...were depleted from nearby. Perms camp museum (see below) came...and windswept towers at the Perm camp we visited. The early...
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A City Where People Won't Forget
Magazine article by Anne Applebaum; New Statesman, Vol. 127, July 31, 1998
Subjects: Concentration camps--Soviet Union, Perm, Russia--Historic sites
...by Anne Applebaum Anne Applebaum visits Perm, where the locals are trying to restore...Bahamas really is clear as glass. And Perm 36, a notorious Soviet prison camp, really...spring - it was even covered in deep snow. Perm 36 isnt, perhaps, what in Britain you...
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Task Force Russia Still Hard at Work
Magazine article by Ralph Wetterhahn; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 90, September 2002
Subjects: Military personnel, Prisoners of war & missing in action, Russia, Task forces, United States
...snow shower. We were two hours out of Perm, a small city in rural Russia, on our...Ural Mountains, the gulag is known as Perm-36, a "strict regime camp." Its primary...The reason for the TFR and my visit to Perm-36 this past winter is that the study...
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Balanchine Finds Home in Diaghilev Country
Magazine article by Elizabeth Kendall; Dance Magazine, Vol. 70, October 1996
Subjects: Balanchine, George--Works, Ballet companies--Performances, Dance companies--Russia
...here. Second, it was to Perm that the Kirov Ballet...to escape the Germans. Perms school and company have...third distinction putting Perm on the map: its become...sent the leaders of the Perm company a letter. "Do...came the answer. Perms theater is graced with...
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Court Forces Turnover in Paterno Salary Case
Magazine article by Scott Albright; News Media and the Law, Vol. 32, Winter 2008
Subjects: College football, College sports, Higher education, Invasion of privacy, Law, Newspapers, Paterno, Joe, Pennsylvania State University, Pension plans, Public records, Reforms, Right to know, State court decisions, State employees, Taxpayers, Wages & salaries
...applying a different standard when it came to Perm State figures. "This case was never about...per year HA, HA I love it!!!" Even Perm State President Graham B. Spanier, in...debate on the issue. "Some said it made Perm State look better in some peoples eyes...
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A Blast from the Past; Beauty It's Been Two Decades since Perms Were Last in Fashion but Don't Worry - We're Not Going Back to the Frizzy Fright Wigs of Yesteryear. WM Columnist and Top Hair Stylist Lara Johnson Shows Us How to Do the Noughties Perm
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 18, 2008
...of the mindset of all perms resulting into a tired...principle of the Noughties perm is the same but the techniques...fairly recently. The perm solution has improved...and the latest Wella perms are so gentle on the hair...condition after a modern perm, not like a birds nest...
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The New Wave Perm! + German Hairdresser Charles Nessler Invented the First Perm in 1905, Using Hot Curlers and Borax, a Natural Household Cleaner; Can a High-Tech Digital Perm Deliver the Soft Curls It Promises? Our Tester Gives It to You Straight
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 16, 2011
...Can a High-Tech Digital Perm Deliver the Soft Curls It Promises...the salon. But a new kind of perm, which has yet to hit ireland...enough to remember the poodle perms of the late seventies and early...about to take over. The Digital Perm -- so-called because of the...
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BUSINESS PROFILE: An Entertaining Double Act; John Marsden Talks to Manjit Deol and His Sister Perm Saini, Partners in Property Investment Group Claremont
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 17, 2005
...The answer remains elusive. Perm said: "Its not to do with...Manjit back in the city, he and Perm started to hatch a plot. We...business opportunity, " he said. Perms story starts in Moseley, meets...plan was working, I observe. Perm explains, in her own way...
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The New Wave Perm! Can a High-Tech Digital Perm Deliver the Soft Curls It Promises? Our Tester Gives It to You Straight
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 14, 2011
...Can a High-Tech Digital Perm Deliver the Soft Curls It Promises...the salon. But a new kind of perm might just turn our tress fantasies...enough to remember the poodle perms of the late Seventies and early...to launch here. The Digital Perm -- so-called because of the...
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From Burned Wife to Kevin's Folly, a Century of the Perm; 'THE HAIRSTYLE'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF FASHION, BUT IT'S A LEGENDARY LOOK'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 16, 2006
...Kevins Folly, a Century of the Perm; THE HAIRSTYLES BEEN IN AND...happy 100th birthday to - the perm. To mark the centenary, the...individual heater. These early perms were harsh and drying and left...1970s - particularly the bubble perm, a tight curl with a mass of...
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encyclopedia articles on: Perm  - 10 results

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Perm
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERM pyerm, city (1990 est. pop. 1,090,000), capital of Perm Territory, NE European Russia, on the Kama River...producer of machinery in the Urals industrial region. Perm also has chemical plants and oil refineries. It was...
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Kray
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Krasnoyarsk Territory , Maritime Territory , Perm Territory, Stavropol Territory , and Transbaykal...the USSR), but it was disbanded in 1965. Perm Territory was created in 2005 through the merger of the Perm region and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous...
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Kama
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the central Urals and flows N, then E, and then SW past Perm, Sarapul, and Chistopol to join the Volga below Kazan. The...transportation artery. There is a large hydroelectric station at Perm. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Donu , Volgograd , Kazan , Samara (formerly Kuybyshev), Ufa , Perm , Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Omsk , Chelyabinsk...Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Chelyabinsk, Nizhni Tagil, and Perm. Several trunk railroads serve the area, and rivers include...
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Komi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Komi live in the Komi Republic; the Komi-Permyaks live in Perm Territory (into which the former Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area...Komi and a saint of the Orthodox Eastern Church was Stephen of Perm (1340 96). He constructed an alphabet for the Komi and translated...
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