Kungur is a town at the south-east of the Perm Oblast in Russia, and is the center of the Kungursky district. Its population is 76,600 and the city has an area of 68.7 km². It is an old Russian town, with historic architecture. Kungur is a trade, industrial and transport center. It was the first European town on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Kungur File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kungur File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Kungur_Ice_Cave. ... Image File history File links Kungur_Ice_Cave. ... Perm Oblast (Russian: ÐеÌÑмÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¾ÌблаÑÑÑ) is an oblast in the Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District of Russia. ... Trans-Siberian line in red; Baikal Amur Mainline in green. ...
One of the unique corners of Prikamye - Kungur - is the third oldest city in the Urals.
In contrast to other Ural settlements Kungur was eager to keep that charm of ancient Russian towns which helps to dip into the past XIX century and even to XVIII century.
And architects who were invited from the Central Russia made Kungur one of the most beautiful towns of the country and combined in its architecture empire, baroque and modern style.