The work is devoted to a poorly studied period in the history of the Komi people - the era of the late Middle Ages. According to written sources, the ancestors of the Komi-Zyryans are known as the Permian. The earliest information about her is contained in the "Tale of Bygone Years." But in general, there are few written sources on this topic and the information contained in them relates mainly to the late period of the medieval history of the Komi people. The author saw the purpose of the work in order, on the basis of the available written and archaeological sources, to characterize the material and spiritual culture of Perm Vychegodskaya - the direct ancestors of the Komi-Zyryans, to show its specifics, as well as to resolve some issues of ethnic history.