Coat of Arms of Penza gubernia (Russian empire)

Penza Governorate (russian: Пензенская губерния) 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 ...

and

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

, located in the

Volga Region The Volga Region (russian: Поволжье, ''Povolzhye'', literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russ ...

. It existed from 1796 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its seat was in the city of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-la ...

Uyezds

Penza Governorate was subdivided into ten

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

s: * Gorodishchensky Uyezd * Insarsky Uyezd * Kerensky Uyezd *

Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd (''Краснослободский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Penza Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Krasnoslobodsk ...

* Mokshansky Uyezd *

Narovchatsky Uyezd Narovchatsky Uyezd (''Наровчатский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Penza Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Narovchat. Demographi ...

* Nizhnelomovsky Uyezd *

Penzensky Uyezd Penzensky Uyezd (''Пензенский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Penza Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Penza. Demographics At the time o ...

* Saransky Uyezd *

Chembarsky Uyezd Chembarsky Uyezd (''Чембарский уезд '') was one of the subdivisions of the Penza Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Chembar (''Belinsky''). De ...

Demographics

At the time of the

Russian Empire Census The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...

of 1897, Penza Governorate had a population of 1,470,474. Of these, 83.0% spoke

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, 12.8% Mordvin, 4.0%

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

, 0.1%

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and 0.1% Polish as their native language.
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References

Penza Governorate, 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire 1797 disestablishments in the Russian Empire 1801 establishments in the Russian Empire 1928 disestablishments in Russia States and territories disestablished in 1928 States and territories disestablished in 1797 States and territories established in 1796 States and territories established in 1801 {{Russia-geo-stub