In 1934, during the times of Stalin, Cherdyn was the place to which poet Osip Mandelstam was sentenced to internal exile with his wife Nadezhda. References Notes Sources Further reading Brumfield, William. Cherdyn: Architectural Heritage in Photographs, (Moscow: Tri Kvadrata, 2007) (in English and in Russian) External links Official website of Cherdyn Cherdyn Business Directory Cities and towns in Perm Krai Cherdynsky Uyezd