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35-761: Matrona may refer to: Religion [ edit ] Matryona Nikonova , known as Matrona of Moscow , a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church Matrona of Barcelona , a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Thessaloniki and venerated in Barcelona Matrona of Chios , also known as Chiopolitissa, a 15th-century saint of the Orthodox Church, born in

70-621: A genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae Matrona, a story arc of the Philippine comic strip series Pugad Baboy Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Matrona . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matrona&oldid=1195154528 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

105-657: A life of wandering, finding shelter with friends and relatives in houses, apartments, and basements. She could not stay with her two brothers, both Communists, because Matrona preached the Orthodox faith. At a time when other religious people were sent to the Gulag or sent into exile for their beliefs, no one ever betrayed Matrona's location. People continued to come to Matrona for advice and for help with their troubles. A story, related by her biographer, Zinaida Zhdanova, tells how Matrona told Zinaida's mother, Evdokia, described as

140-696: A mass shooting occurred at Perm State University , resulting in six fatalities and 47 injuries. The city is located on the bank of the Kama River upon hilly terrain. The Kama is the main tributary of the Volga River and is one of the deepest and most picturesque rivers of Russia. This river is the waterway which grants the Ural Mountains access to the White Sea , Baltic Sea , Sea of Azov , Black Sea , and Caspian Sea . The Kama divides

175-646: A pilgrimage site. She was recently canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Her remains are now in the Church of the Protecting Veil of Our Lady at Intercession Convent in Moscow. The lines of people waiting to visit her gravesite is reported as regularly being quite long (often needing three or four hours to make a short visit to the gravesite) and well-behaved. Her day is commemorated by

210-412: A plain 28-year-old, that she would marry a handsome nobleman. Evdokia moved to Moscow and became a cook at the house of a rich nobleman whose son, Vladimir, was betrothed to one Shukhova. Shortly thereafter, Vladimir is said to have had a dream in which a voice told him to marry a woman named Evdokia. The next morning he asked if there was such a woman in the household, met her, and nearly fainted. Later, he

245-613: A white bird of divine beauty, with empty eye sockets, landed on her breast. When Matrona was born, she was blind, with eyelids closed over empty eye sockets. Her mother took this as a heavenly sign. According to legend, by the time she was eight, she had revealed prophetic and healing powers. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 , she and her friend Lydia Yankova became homeless peasants who left their villages to find work and food in larger cities. By 1925, Matrona moved to Moscow, possibly following her two brothers, and took to

280-735: Is Vladimir Pavlenko , a monumentalist sculptor from Nizhny Tagil , member of the Artists' Union of Russia and UNESCO International Association of Arts. The Permyak Salty Ears is a sculpture and one of the most visited tourist attractions in Perm. Perm is a scientific centre. Some of the scientific institutes are combined in the Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Perm

315-461: Is a distinct lack of seasonal lag resulting in rapid cooling down of the warm weather as days get shorter. This results in September, October, and November being colder than May, April, and March, respectively. Perm is the administrative centre of the krai and, within the framework of administrative divisions , it also serves as the administrative center of Permsky District , even though it

350-471: Is a home to several major universities including Perm State University , Perm State Technical University, Perm branch of state university Higher school of economics, Perm State Teachers' Training University, Perm State Medical Academy, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm State Agricultural Academy, The Institute of Art and Culture, Perm State Choreographic School, and others. There are also three military schools in Perm. Religion in Perm (2024) At

385-655: Is an important railway junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway with lines radiating to Central Russia , the north part of the Urals , and the far east of Russia . Perm has two major railway stations, the historical Perm I and the modern Perm II . The Kama River is an important direct link between the European part of Russia to the sea ports on the White , Baltic , Azov , Black , and Caspian seas. Perm

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420-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Matryona Nikonova Matrona was born to Dmitry and Natalia Nikonov in the village of Sebino in Tula Province. She was the fourth child in the family. Her struggling parents planned to place her in an orphanage after her birth but her mother changed her mind after she had a dream, in which she saw that

455-430: Is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities , incorporated separately as the city of krai significance of Perm —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , the city of krai significance of Perm is incorporated as Perm Urban Okrug . For administrative purposes, Perm is divided into seven city districts: Perm has

490-480: Is served by the international airport Bolshoye Savino , which is located 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of the city. Perm's public transit network includes tram , bus , and city-railway routes. The formerly important trolleybus service was discontinued in July 2019. The Perm Metro is a planned construction of a metro system which has been considered. The first plans date back to the 1970s. A feasibility study

525-558: Is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia . It sits on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains , covering an area of 799.68 square kilometres (308.76 square miles). With over one million residents Perm is the 15th-largest city in Russia and the 5th-largest in the Volga Federal District . In 1723, a copper-smelting works was founded at the village of Yagoshikha . In 1781

560-787: The Drama Theater , the Puppet Theatre, the Theatre for Young Spectators, the Theatre "Stage Molot", and the mystical At the Bridge Theatre . Among the cities museums and galleries, the Perm State Art Gallery is recognised for its outstanding collections of art, including paintings from 15th- to 18th-century art movements, and wooden sculptures from the region. It is housed in a notable early 19th-century structure, once an orthodox cathedral. The spire of

595-634: The Permian takes its name from the toponym . Perm is located in the old Permiak area. Perm was first mentioned as the village of Yagoshikha ( Ягошиха ) in 1647; however, the history of the modern city of Perm starts with the development of the Ural region by Tsar Peter the Great . Vasily Tatishchev , appointed by the Tsar as a chief manager of Ural factories, founded Perm together with another major centre of

630-535: The Russian aircraft industry ; rocket engine company Proton-PM , which will mass-produce the RD-191 engine for the upcoming Angara rocket family ; electric engineering firms Morion JSC, Perm Scientific and Industrial Group, and Perm Electrical Engineering Plant; Russia's largest exporter of cables and wires, JSC KAMKABEL; and oil and natural gas companies such as LUKoil -Perm Ltd. and LUKoilPernefteprodukt Ltd. Perm

665-1071: The Orthodox Church on May 2 . On February 15, 2018, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Patriarchate resolved that the Blessed Matrona of Moscow also be included in the Calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church for veneration. A monastery in honor of St. Matrona of Moscow is being built in Republika Srpska with the blessing of the Serbian Orthodox Church . Perm, Russia Perm ( Russian : Пермь , IPA: [pʲermʲ] ; Komi-Permyak : Перем ; Komi : Перым ), previously known as Yagoshikha ( Ягошиха ; 1723–1781) and Molotov ( Молотов ; 1940–1957),

700-665: The Siberian White Army under Anatoly Pepelyayev (who acknowledged the authority of the Omsk Government of Aleksandr Kolchak ), took Perm. On July 1, 1919, the city was retaken by the Red Army . In the 1930s, Perm grew as a major industrial city with aviation , shipbuilding , and chemical factories built during that period. During the Great Patriotic War ( World War II ), Perm

735-550: The Ural region, Yekaterinburg . In the 19th century, Perm became a major trade and industrial centre with a population of more than 20,000 people in the 1860s, with several metallurgy , paper , and steamboat producing factories, including one owned by a British entrepreneur. In 1870, an opera theatre was opened in the city, and in 1871 the first phosphoric factory in Russia was built. In 1916, Perm State University —a major educational institution in modern Russia—was opened. After

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770-548: The city into two parts: the central part and the right bank part. The city stretches for 70 kilometers (43 mi) along the Kama and 40 kilometers (25 mi) across it. The city street grid parallels the Kama River, travelling generally east–west, while other main streets run perpendicularly to those following the river. The grid pattern accommodates the hills of the city where it crosses them. Another distinguishing feature of

805-532: The city returned to its historical name. Modern Perm is still a major railway hub and one of the chief industrial centers of the Urals region. The city's diversified metallurgical and engineering industries produce equipment and machine tools for the petroleum and coal industries, as well as agricultural machinery. A major petroleum refinery uses oil transported by pipeline from the West Siberian oilfields, and

840-672: The city's large chemical industry makes fertilizers and dyes. The city's institutions of higher education include the Perm A.M. Gorky State University, founded in 1916. The name Perm is of Uralic etymology ( Komi-Permyak : Перем, Perem ; Komi : Перым , Perym ). Komi is a member of the Permic branch of the Uralic languages, which is also named for Perm. In Finnish and Vepsian perämaa means "far-away land"; similarly, in Hungarian perem means "edge" or "verge". The geologic period of

875-677: The city's relief is the large number of small rivers and brooks. The largest of them are the Mulyanka , the Yegoshikha , the Motovilikha (all are on the left bank of Kama River), and the Gayva (on the right bank). Perm has a warm summer continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ). Winters are long, snowy and quite cold. Summers are moderately warm with cool nights, although summers are shorter than winters. Due to its far inland location, there

910-526: The drum. The sound consequently has long sustain and reverberation . The Legend of Perm Bear or The Walking Bear is a sculpture depicting a walking bear , which is also shown on the city's coat of arms. It is situated in the central part of the city on Lenin Street, in front of the Organ Concert Hall and close to the building of Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai . The author of the sculpture

945-546: The island of Chios, Greece Dea Matrona , a singular form of Matronae or Matrones , mother goddesses attested in the Roman era among Celtic and Germanic regions; see Matres and Matrones St. Matrona of Perge , A fifth century saint of the Byzantine Church, born in the city of Perge Pamphylia (Asia Minor) Other [ edit ] Matrona, Latin name of the river Marne , France Matrona (damselfly) ,

980-605: The largest industrial output among cities in the Urals, ahead of Yekaterinburg , Chelyabinsk and Ufa , although Perm has a smaller population than these. Thirty-five per cent of Perm Oblast 's industry is located in Perm. The largest industries in the city are electric power engineering, oil and gas refining, machine building, chemicals and petrochemicals, forestry processing, printing and food industry. Several major industrial companies are located in Perm: Perm Motors and Aviadvigatel , major suppliers of engines to

1015-614: The museum towers over the rest of Perm, as it is situated on the Komsomolsky Prospect. Perm is receiving attention from the development of the new Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM) which officially opened in March 2009. The RAV Vast steel tongue drum was invented in Perm by Andrey Remyannikov. This instrument is unique in the tongue drum and handpan world because each note has multiple harmonic overtones that resonate with other notes in

1050-697: The outbreak of the Russian Civil War , Perm became a prime target for both sides because of its military munitions factories. It was heavily rumored from July–September 1918 that the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and her four daughters were imprisoned at the perception and Berezine buildings. According to the File on the Tsar, the Grand Duchess Anastasia would have attempted to flee. On December 25, 1918,

1085-689: The settlement of Yagoshikha became the town of Perm . Perm's position on the navigable Kama River, leading to the Volga , and on the Siberian Route across the Ural Mountains, helped it become an important trade and manufacturing centre. It also lay along the Trans-Siberian Railway . Perm grew considerably as industrialization proceeded in the Urals during the Soviet period, and in 1940 was named Molotov in honour of Vyacheslav Molotov . In 1957

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1120-611: The time of the official 2010 Census, the ethnic makeup of the city's population whose ethnicity was known (907,955) was: The city hosted 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships . In 1995–2008, Perm was the location of the Ural Great basketball team — the only Russian basketball champion besides CSKA . There is also an amateur bandy team called Kama . The following people were either born in Perm or made names for themselves while residing there. The Nobel-prize-winning writer Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) lived in Perm for

1155-545: Was a vital center of artillery production in the Soviet Union. During the Cold War , Perm became a closed city . The city is a major administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural centre. The leading industries include machinery, defence , oil production (about 3% of Russian output), oil refining , chemical and petrochemical, timber and wood processing and the food industry. On September 20, 2021,

1190-400: Was compiled in 1990, but economic difficulties during the decade prevented its final planning and construction. The plans were revitalised in the early 2000s, but a lack of funding hampered the project and plans were once again put on hold. Light rail has also been considered. The Perm Opera and Ballet House is one of the best in Russia. There are many other theatres in Perm, including

1225-616: Was sent for training to Perm with Evdokia, and Zinaida was born shortly thereafter. In another of her reported miracles, she helped a college architecture student revise a paper required for graduation by describing in detail some of the great architectural achievements in Florence and Rome , including the Palazzo Pitti . She is said to have predicted her own death three days in advance, accepting all visitors during those final days. Following her death in 1952, her gravesite became

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