Ryazan Governorate
1796–1929 unit of Russia
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Ryazan Governorate (Russian: Рязанская губерния, romanized: Ryazanskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929.[1] Its capital was in Ryazan.[2]
| Ryazan Governorate Рязанская губерния | |
|---|---|
| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |
| 1796–1929 | |
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| Location within the Russian Empire | |
| Capital | Ryazan |
| History | |
• Established | 1796 |
• Disestablished | 1929 |
Administrative division
Ryazan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses):
- Dankovsky Uyezd (Dankov)
- Yegoryevsky Uyezd (Yegoryevsk)
- Zaraysky Uyezd (Zaraysk)
- Kasimovsky Uyezd (Kasimov)
- Mikhaylovsky Uyezd (Mikhaylov)
- Pronsky Uyezd (Pronsk)
- Ranenburgsky Uyezd (Ranenburg)
- Ryazhsky Uyezd (Ryazhsk)
- Ryazansky Uyezd (Ryazan)
- Sapozhkovsky Uyezd (Sapozhok)
- Skopinsky Uyezd (Skopin)
- Spassky Uyezd (Spassk)
Notable people
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855–1935), plant breeder, was born in Pronsky Uyezd.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Russian scientist famous for developing the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
- John Kochurov (1871–1917), Orthodox priest and missionary; first priest-martyr of the Bolshevik Revolution, was born in the Ryazan Governorate.[3]
