Permians

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

[4] The Komis came under the rule of the Novgorod Republic in the 13th century and were converted to Russian Orthodoxy in the 1360s and 1370s.

From 1471 to 1478, their lands were conquered by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which would later become the Tsardom of Russia.

The Udmurts came under the rule of the Tatars, the Golden Horde and the Khanate of Kazan until their land was ceded to Russia, and the people were Christianized at the beginning of the 18th century.

[5] A connection between Permians and Bjarmians, a northern people mentioned in Old Norse sources, has been suggested.