Conventional Long Name: | Principality of Vychegda Perm |
Common Name: | Little Perm |
Religion: | Komi polytheism, Russian Orthodox |
Year Start: | 1187 |
Year End: | 1505 |
Common Languages: | Komi Old East Slavic |
Event Start: | First mention |
Event1: | Becomes a vassal of the Novgorod Republic |
Date Event1: | ~1300 |
Event2: | Transferred to the Grand Duchy of Moscow as a vassal |
Date Event2: | 1383 |
Event End: | Annexed by Grand Duchy of Moscow |
S1: | Grand Duchy of Moscow |
Flag S1: | Seal of Ivan 4 1539 a.svg |
Border S1: | no |
Vychegda Perm, also known as Little Perm or Old Perm was a medieval state and later vassal of the Novgorod Republic and Muscovy, which was based in along the Vychegda River.[1] Vychegda Perm was originally a tribal state and was an important fur trading hub, which was valuable to the Novgorod, leading to the Novgorodian seizure of Vychegda Perm in the early 14th century. Vychegda Perm was populated by the Permian and Komi peoples and the region was converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity by St. Stefan of Perm, beginning in 1378–1379.[2] [3]
The conversion of the region led Moscow and Novgorod into immediate risk of conflict, with Stefan having converted the region for the Muscovites, leading it into question who the Permians were to pay tribute to. Novgorod Republic ceded the region to Moscow in 1383.