On September 27, 1801, 223 years ago, The inventor of the world's first two-wheeled bicycle was a native of the Perm region, Yefim Mikheyevich Artamonov, a serf from the Pozhvin Factory. The bicycle, built at the Nizhny Tagil factory, was made of iron, resembling a two-wheeled cart with pedal drive on the front wheel and handlebars, and the front wheel was nearly three times larger than the rear one. The wheels, positioned one behind the other, were connected by a curved metal frame. The bicycle was powered by alternating foot pressure on the pedals mounted on the front wheel axle. The construction was so sturdy that the craftsman was able to make a challenging journey (at a speed of 10 km/h) from the Urals to St. Petersburg for the coronation of Alexander I on September 27, 1801. The invention so impressed everyone present, including the tsar, that Artamonov and his descendants were granted freedom from serfdom for creating the bicycle. The admired technical marvel was then added to the royal collection of rarities, after which it was forgotten. The bicycle, as well as its name (from Latin, "bicycle" means "fast feet"), was revived in 1808 in Paris. Today, Artamonov's bicycle is stored at the Nizhny Tagil Regional Museum, and an exact copy is on display at the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow. The Perm Regional Museum also houses a bicycle made in Artamonov's workshops. This bicycle is wooden, and the wheels were driven by ropes. It had no tires, which is why bicycles were long called "bone-shakers." However, nowadays the bicycle is both sports equipment, a means of active recreation, and one of the most widespread forms of transportation in the world.