Solikamsk

Solikamsk is a metropolis in Perm Krai, Russia. Before Peter the Great's reign, it was the biggest commercial centre of the Tsardom of Russia and consists of a excellent series of churches from that duration. Modern Solikamsk is the third-largest city within the krai. The earliest surviving recorded mention of Solikamsk, to begin with as "Usolye-na-Kamskom" dates from 1430, in reference to the invention and exploitation by means of miners and traders, likely from Vologda, of large salt deposits at the banks of the Usolka River.

The call of the metropolis is derived from the Russian phrases "CORB" and "KAMA". The rapid boom of Solikamsk within the 17th century became predicated at the established order of the Babinov Road, which changed into the best overland route leading from European Russia to Siberia. This road began in Solikamsk. The Stroganov own family operated the USA's biggest salt-mining centers in Solikamsk and the surrounding area. The local saltworks were described in element by means of Johann Georg Gmelin.

In the mid-17th century Solikamsk also became the first centre of copper casting in Russia. After the status quo of iron works in Yekaterinburg and Perm and the development of a southern toll road to Siberia the importance and prosperity of Solikamsk step by step declined. Until 1923, the town became the workplace of Solikamsky Uyezd in Perm Governorate. In November 2014 a sinkhole opened near Solikamsk due to a mining hassle.