Ryazan Governorate (russian: link=no, Рязанская губерния, ''Ryazanskaya guberniya'', Government of Ryazan) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

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Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...

.Рязанская губерния. — 1890. — (Статистика Российской империи; 16. вып. 10)
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Administrative division

Ryazan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses): *

Dankovsky Uyezd Dankovsky Uyezd (''Данковский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Dankov. Demographics At the ...

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Dankov Dankov (russian: Данко́в) is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was previously known ...

) * Yegoryevsky Uyezd (

Yegoryevsk Yegoryevsk (russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow. Toponymy Yegoryevsk was named ho ...

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Zaraysky Uyezd Zaraysky Uyezd (''Зарайский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zaraysk. Demographics At the t ...

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Zaraysk Zaraysk (russian: Зара́йск) is a town and the administrative center of Zaraysky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about southeast from Moscow. Population: Geography The town stands on the right bank of the Osyotr River, which i ...

) * Kasimovsky Uyezd (

Kasimov Kasimov (russian: Каси́мов; tt-Cyrl, Касыйм;, Ханкирмән,Ханкирмән, Хан-Кермень, means "Khan's fortress" historically Gorodets Meshchyorsky, Novy Nizovoy) is a town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the ...

) * Mikhaylovsky Uyezd ( Mikhaylov) *

Pronsky Uyezd Pronsky Uyezd (''Пронский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Pronsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast ...

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Pronsk Pronsk (russian: Пронск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. ;Urban localities *Pronsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast, a work settlement in Pronsky District ;Rural localities * Pronsk, Ukholovsky Distri ...

) * Ranenburgsky Uyezd (

Ranenburg Chaplygin (russian: Чаплы́гин) is a town and the administrative center of Chaplyginsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Stanovaya Ryasa and Yagodnaya Ryasa Rivers, north of Lipetsk, the administra ...

) * Ryazhsky Uyezd (

Ryazhsk Ryazhsk (russian: Ряжск) is town and the administrative center of Ryazhsky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located south of Ryazan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 26,000 (1974). History It has been known to exi ...

) * Ryazansky Uyezd (

) * Sapozhkovsky Uyezd ( Sapozhok) * Skopinsky Uyezd (

Skopin Skopin (russian: Скопин) is a town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyorda River (Oka's basin) southwest of Ryazan. Population: History Skopin is considered to be one of the oldest towns in Ryazan Oblast. A settlement named L ...

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Spassky Uyezd Spassky (masculine) or Spasskaya (feminine) is a common Russian surname, usually of descendants of Russian Orthodox clergymen. The neuter form is Spasskoye. The term may refer to: ;People *Boris Spassky, Soviet chess player and former world champio ...

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Spassk Spassk (russian: Спасск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities *Spassk, Penza Oblast, a town in Spassky District of Penza Oblast *Spassk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Tasht ...

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References

Governorates of the Russian Empire Governorates of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic States and territories established in 1796 States and territories disestablished in 1929 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire {{russia-stub