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{{Short description|Town in Perm Krai, Russia}}
{{Other places|Cherdyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}}

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'''Cherdyn''' ({{langx|ru|Че́рдынь}}; {{langx|kv|Чердін}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Cherdynsky District]] in [[Perm Krai]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Kolva River (Perm Krai)|Kolva River]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=4,920|p2002=5,756|p1989=6,535}}

==History==
[[File:Исторический центр города Чердынь и река Колва.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Historical center of Cherdyn and Kolva river]]
Local authorities advertise Cherdyn to tourists as the capital of the ancient [[Great Perm|Principality of Great Perm]].<ref>[http://heritage.perm.ru/news/archive/2003/3arch034.htm "Article on Great Perm"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929124438/http://heritage.perm.ru/news/archive/2003/3arch034.htm |date=September 29, 2006 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.uraltourism.com/cherdyn.php "Article on Cherdyn"]</ref> This information is based on an 1835 study by the [[Swedes|Swedish]] historian A.M. Strinnholm<ref>A. M. Strinnholm. ''Svenska folkets historia fran aldesta till narvarande tider'', 1835.</ref> as well as the 1815 study by the Russian historian [[Nikolay Karamzin]].<ref>N. M. Karamzin, ''History of the Russian State'', 1815.</ref> Strinnholm mentioned that the last trip of Scandinavian [[Vikings]] to [[Bjarmaland|Bjarmia]] (aka the Great Perm) happened in 1222. Four well-equipped ships of [[Haakon IV of Norway]] burned Bjarmian towns to the ground.

After that, the fur trade between the Great Perm and Western Europe was possible only via the [[Novgorod Republic]], which became the [[suzerainty|suzerain]] of all Northern Russia. After the centralization of Russian principalities by the Grand Dukes of Moscow, the princes of Perm, who already had Russian names, became their vassals as well as answering to Novgorod. Great Perm–Cherdyn supplied a great deal of silver paid as tribute of Moscow, which in turn paid the [[Golden Horde]]. Tension between Moscow and Novgorod led to a war of 1471, after which the defeated Novgorod Republic was annexed by the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]]. The next year (1472) Cherdyn, Pokcha, and all other towns of Great Perm also became the prizes of conquest. The main fort of the Muscovites was built in [[Pokcha, Perm Krai|Pokcha]], located {{convert|7|km|sp=us}} to the north of Cherdyn. It was burned by indigenous tribes in the beginning of the 16th century.

Cherdyn, as well as all of Perm, was still governed by the dynasty of local Great Perm princes until 1505. After that, the Grand Duke sent a governor from Moscow, and he chose Cherdyn as his residence. In 1535, Cherdyn was granted town rights. It was the starting point of an [[Cherdyn Route|early river route to Siberia]]. Following the establishment of the [[Babinov Road]]—a more traveled overland route—the town quickly lost its significance.
[[File:Cherdyn 1912.jpg|thumb|left|View of Cherdyn in 1912]]

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Cherdyn serves as the administrative center of [[Cherdynsky District]], to which it is directly subordinated.<ref name="Ref127">Law #416-67</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of Cherdyn is incorporated within Cherdynsky Municipal District as '''Cherdynskoye Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="PermKCherdynskyD_mun">Law #1735-355</ref>

==Geography==
===Climate===
Cherdyn has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfc''), with very cold winters and warm summers. [[Precipitation]] is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer and fall than at other times of the year.

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{{Weather box
|location=Cherdyn
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|Jan mean C=-17.3
|Feb mean C=-14.2
|Mar mean C=-6.4
|Apr mean C=1.0
|May mean C=8.0
|Jun mean C=14.3
|Jul mean C = 17.4
|Aug mean C = 13.7
|Sep mean C = 7.7
|Oct mean C = -0.3
|Nov mean C = -7.4
|Dec mean C = -13.3
|Jan precipitation mm = 49.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 33.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 35.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 44.7
|May precipitation mm = 52.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 66.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 86.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 72.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 69.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 72.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 73.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 59.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0mm
|Jan precipitation days = 14.3
|Feb precipitation days = 9.5
|Mar precipitation days = 9.1
|Apr precipitation days = 9.6
|May precipitation days = 9.2
|Jun precipitation days = 9.8
|Jul precipitation days = 11.0
|Aug precipitation days = 11.0
|Sep precipitation days = 12.1
|Oct precipitation days = 14.5
|Nov precipitation days = 15.3
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
|Jan sun = 38
|Feb sun = 74
|Mar sun = 144
|Apr sun = 195
|May sun = 271
|Jun sun = 294
|Jul sun = 289
|Aug sun = 225
|Sep sun = 120
|Oct sun = 51
|Nov sun = 36
|Dec sun = 14
|source 1 = NOAA (1961-1990)<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|title=Climate Normals for Cerdyn'|url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/23914.TXT|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101013419/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/23914.TXT|archive-date=2020-11-01|url-status=dead|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref>
|date=January 2013
}}
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==Notable people==
In 1934, during the times of Stalin, Cherdyn was the place to which poet [[Osip Mandelstam]] was sentenced to internal exile with his wife [[Nadezhda Mandelstam|Nadezhda]].

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|per|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|per|mun|list|cherdynsky}}

==Further reading==
*Brumfield, William. ''Cherdyn: Architectural Heritage in Photographs'', (Moscow: Tri Kvadrata, 2007) {{ISBN|978-5-94607-074-4}} (in English and in Russian)

==External links==
*[http://cherdyn.ru/ Official website of Cherdyn] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://cherdyin.jsprav.ru/ Cherdyn Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Perm Krai}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Perm Krai]]
[[Category:Cherdynsky Uyezd]]