Spassk (russian: Спасск) is a

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and the

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Spassky District Spassky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "''spas''" (" savior")—usually alluding to the concept of the Christian faith. *Spassky Distri ...

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geo ...

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. Population:

History

In 1648, an uncultivated field was discovered in

Shatsky Uyezd Shatsky Uyezd (''Ша́цкий уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tambov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Shatsk. Demographics At the time of t ...

and was given to a nearby monastery. In 1663, a village was established there, called Bogdanovo (). In 1779, it was renamed Spassk and made the seat of an

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 ...

by a decree of Catherine the Great. However, soon it became apparent that confusion would result since several other towns in Russia shared the name (notably

Spassk-Ryazansky Spassk-Ryazansky (russian: Спасск-Ряза́нский) is a town and the administrative center of Spassky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Spasskoye, southeast of Ryazan, the administrative center of the ob ...

) and the town was officially renamed Spassk-na-Studentse (). In 1925, a

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conference in the uyezd resolved that the town be renamed Bednodemyanovsk () in honor of the

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Demyan Bedny Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov ( rus, Ефи́м Алексе́евич Придво́ров, p=jɪˈfʲim ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ prʲɪˈdvorəf, a=Yefim Alyeksyeyevich Pridvorov.ru.vorb.oga; – May 25, 1945), better known by the pen name D ...

. Bedny himself never visited the town, but was said to maintain a lively correspondence with its inhabitants. In 2005, the original name of the town was restored,Law #128-FZ and the district was also renamed.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Spassk serves as the

.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Spassky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Spassk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Spassk is incorporated within Spassky Municipal District as Spassk Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

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External links

Unofficial website of Spassk
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Spassky Uyezd (Tambov Governorate) Populated places established in 1663 1663 establishments in Russia