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| native_name            = {{llang|ru|Пе́рмская о́бласть}}
| conventional_long_name = Perm Oblast
| common_name            = Perm
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| government_type        = Oblast
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| date_end               = 1 December
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Until 1 December 2005, '''Perm Oblast''' ({{langx|ru|Пе́рмская о́бласть}}) was a [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] of [[Russia]] (an [[oblast]]) in [[Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District]]. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with [[Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug]] to form [[Perm Krai]].

It was established in 1938 as part of the [[Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic|RSFSR]]. From 1940 to 1957 it was named '''Molotov Oblast''' in honor of [[Vyacheslav Molotov]]. The oblast was named after its administrative center, the city of [[Perm, Russia|Perm]]. The oblast covered an area of 160,600&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and as of the [[2002 Russian census|2002 census]] its population was 2,819,421. Before the merger, neighboring oblasts and republics were (from north clockwise) [[Komi Republic]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Bashkortostan|Republic of Bashkortostan]], [[Udmurtia|Udmurt Republic]], and [[Kirov Oblast]].

==Geography==
===Time zone===
Perm Oblast was located in the [[Yekaterinburg Time|Yekaterinburg Time Zone]] (YEKT/YEKST). [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] offset is +0500&nbsp;(YEKT)/+0600&nbsp;(YEKST).

==Administrative divisions==
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Perm Oblast}}

==External links==
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Perm (government) | volume= 21 |last1= Kropotkin |first1= Peter Alexeivitch |author1-link= Peter Kropotkin| last2= Bealby |first2= John Thomas| pages = 174&ndash;175 |short= 1}}
*{{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714002816/http://perm.ru/eng/ Perm regional server]

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[[Category:Former federal subjects of Russia]]
[[Category:Perm Krai]]
[[Category: States and territories established in 1938]]

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