Sasovo (russian: Са́сово) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city.
Geo ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, located on the
Tsna River (
Oka's
basin) southeast 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 Cens ...
. Population:
History
Sasovo was founded in 1642 and granted town status in 1926. In the early 17th century, the village of Sasovo was owned by the descendants of
Siberian Khan Kuchum
Kuchum Khan ( Siberian Tatar ''Köçöm'', Russian: ''Кучум''; died c. 1601) was the last Khan of Siberia who ruled from 1563 to 1598.
Kuchum Khan's attempt to spread Islam and his cross-border raids met with vigorous opposition from the R ...
who also ruled in
Kasim Khanate at that time.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sasovo serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Sasovsky District
Sasovsky District (russian: Са́совский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #96-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the distr ...
, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
town of oblast significance of Sasovo
[Law #128-OZ]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts. As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Sasovo is incorporated as Sasovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #95-OZ]
Notable residents
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Nikolay Makarov (1914–1988), Soviet firearms designer, born in Sasovo
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Viktor Zolotov (born 1954), Director of the National Guard of Russia, born in Sasovo
References
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Cities and towns in Ryazan Oblast
Yelatomsky Uyezd