Perm can be called the city of the original sculptures. What influenced the construction of many sculptures in the city - fantasy masters or open Perm soul, not without a sense of humor may not matter, but the fact of the creation of a number of unusual sculptures in the beginning of the two thousandth strongly influenced tourist routes in the Eastern part of Russia.

A picture with one of the original monuments of Russia have everyone who's ever stayed in Perm. "Permyak - salty ears" is the most popular and recognizable sculpture of the city, in a way which has become a symbol of the Perm region. The history of the monument is connected with the distant past of the whole region, rich salt reserves. Supplying the largest fair Russia with salt 1430-ies, Permian movers wore 60-80-pound bags on the shoulders, the upper part of which was hanging over their heads, showering ears workaholic salty dust. One of those days and went around the world saying "Permyak - salty ears", immortalized in bronze in our time.

Sculptural composition consisting of an oval frame with ears and a photographer with an old camera, has created two masters: R. Ismagilov, A. Matveev. At the opening of the monument in 2006 the first "tried" for his funny ears Permyak the mayor of the city, giving rise to photo shoots to residents and guests of Perm. The sculpture, about two meters in height, made so that everyone can try on "salty ears" Permyak, adding in the family album another funny historical landmark of the city of Perm.