Perm

Various natural phenomena, especially floods, have always played a special role in the life of the city of Perm. Unprecedented flooding of the Kama was seen in 1855, 1862, 1902 and especially in 1914.

1914 stands out as the season with the most widespread spring river flooding, during which the water level in the Kama rose by almost 10 metres. Part of the riverbank of the Motovilikhinsky district, part of Solikamskaya street, and the workshops of the Perm artillery factories were under water. It was not only large and medium-sized rivers that overflowed their banks, but also small streams. The water demolished bridges, dams, mills and other industrial buildings. Most of the people of Perm managed to move to other areas of the city, while those who did not manage to evacuate moved to the upper floors of their houses. Movement around the flooded part of the city was by boat. The flooding was caused by two water-level peaks on the Kama and the Chusovaya rivers. This was quite a rare phenomenon, which was repeated only once - in 1979. By that time, a dam for the Kama hydroelectric power station had already been built in the city, which saved Perm from a second large-scale flood.