Permians

The red symbolizes the courage, bravery, and fearlessness of the Permians.

And he knew the Permians go nuts over butter and cheese, so it stood to reason that this lot'd be just the same. '

The Permians and some of the Komi tribes were also incorporated into the Khanate.

The Permians were later called Zyryans and later Komi.

The ancestors of the Permians inhabited originally the land called Permia covering the middle and upper Kama River.

The Permians are a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples and include Komis and Udmurts, speakers of Permic languages.

The recent research on the Finno-Ugric substrate in northern Russian dialects however suggests that in Bjarmaland there also lived several other Finno-Ugric groups besides the Permians.

The origin of the word is unknown - some possible explanations are derivation from Jomali, the supreme deity of the Permians and origination from the Estonian word jume.

"The Enlightener of Perm" or the "Apostle of the Permians", as he is sometimes called, is commemorated by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches on April 26.

Although his destruction of pagan idols (e.g., holy birches) earned him the wrath of some Permians, Pimen, the Metropolitan of All Rus', created him as the first bishop of Perm'.

The speakers of Permic languages, the Permians, are sometimes considered belonging to the Volga Finnic group of peoples because according to some theories their ancient homeland lies in the Northern part of the Volga River basin.