well, the most powerful push was, of course, vasily nikich tateshchev, who founded per together withelhelm degen. chekhov also visited per, namely... the zimmerman family is believed to have inspired him to write the work of the three sisters. yes. in general, the history of the city is very closely connected with industry. the foundation of the goshikha copper smelter and the matovilkha copper smelter led to the emergence of settlements which gradually grew and increased, and this is how the provincial capital of perm appeared at the end of the 18th century in 1781 thanks to the decree of catherine ii. we are now in matovilikha, this is the very heart of our mining civilization, what is matovilikha? this is the name of the river, it meandered very much, reminiscent of a slingshot for winding yarn, and the workers paid attention to this, nicknamed the river matavilikha, then the matovilkha copper melting plant was named after the river, yeah, and then the name of a separate district, this is the very a real industrial canal, why are there such a huge number of ducks here? this area d