Sampur (russian: Сампур) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in

Sampursky District Sampursky District (russian: Са́мпурский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district bord ...

of Tambov Oblast, Russia,'' OKATO'', Part 2. Section 68 232 870 (Rural localities of Sampursky Selsoviet of Sampursky District). located on the Tsna River. Sampur was founded in 1732 by two retired soldiers, Stepan Pavlovich Pronin and Ivan Osipovich Dementyev, who were each granted ten desyatinas of land for service excellence. Sampur was first mentioned as a village in 1811 Audit records. In 1898, after a church was built, Sampur became a ''selo''. The population currently resides around 104 people, as of June 1998. During Soviet times, Sampur served as the administrative center of Sampursky District until 1981, at which time the administrative center was moved to the settlement of

Satinka Satinka (russian: Сатинка) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Satinka, Tambov Oblast, a settlement in Satinsky Selsoviet of Sampursky District of Tambov Oblast *Satinka, Berezovsky Rural Okrug, Kireyevsky District, Tula Obla ...

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