- Yegoshikha
Yegoshikha ( _ru. Егоши́ха, IPA2|jɛgəˈʃɨxə), formerly Yagoshikha ( _ru. Ягоши́ха), was a village on the
Yegoshikha River in the 17th–18th centuries. It is famous for its historical significance as oldest mentioned settlement at the place of the foundation of the city ofPerm .It was first mentioned in the voivod (commander)
Prokopy Yelizarov 1647 census book:Quotation
…settlement at the Kama River and the Yegoshikha River, and in it there are peasant homesteads of Sergeyko Pavel's son Bryukhanov and his sons Klimko and Ivashko.In the
1687 census books of princeFeodor Belsky it was written:Quotation
…settlement at the Kama River and the Yegoshikha River with homesteads ofIvashka Verkholantsev, Demka and Yaranko Bryukhanovs, Larka Bryukhanov, and Ivashko Bryukhanov.In
1692 , this settlement was already mentioned as the village of Yegoshikha. The village was also sometimes called Bryukhanovo ( _ru. Брюханово) for the family name of its first residents.In
1723 , after the copper deposit was discovered there,"Yegoshikha Copper Factory" was founded at the bank of Yegoshikha byVasily Tatishchev , the chief manager of the Ural factories. In1781 , the workers' settlement was reorganized as the city ofPerm by the decree of Catherine II.References
#ru icon _ru. С. А. Торопов. "Пермь: путеводитель." — Пермь, Кн. изд-во, 1986.
#ru icon _ru. А.А. Дмитриев. Очерки из истории города Перми. — Пермь, 1889.External links
*ru icon [http://www.permonline.ru/perm/history.htm _ru. Историческая справка об образовании города Перми]
* [http://www.permonline.ru/english/perm/history.htm Historical information on the foundation of Perm]
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