Ryazan Governorate
Ryazan Governorate (Ryazanskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its capital was in Ryazan.
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Ryazan Governorate (Ryazanskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its capital was in Ryazan.
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• Native Name — Рязанская губерния • Conventional Long Name — Ryazan Governorate • Common Name — Ryazan • Subdivision — Governorate • Nation — the Russian Empire • Year Start — 1796 • Year End — 1929 • Image Coat — Coat of arms of Ryazan Governorate 1856.svg • Image Map — Ryazan in Russian Empire (1914).svg • Image Map Caption — Location within the Russian Empire • Capital — Ryazan Ryazan Governorate (Ryazanskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its capital was in Ryazan.
Administrative division
Administrative division
Ryazan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds (administrative centres in parentheses): • Dankovsky Uyezd (Dankov) • Yegoryevsky Uyezd (Yegoryevsk) • Zaraysky Uyezd (Zaraysk) • Kasimovsky Uyezd (Kasimov) • Mikhaylovsky Uyezd (Mikhaylov) • Pronsky Uyezd (Pronsk) • Ranenburgsky Uyezd (Ranenburg) • Ryazhsky Uyezd (Ryazhsk) • Ryazansky Uyezd (Ryazan) • Sapozhkovsky Uyezd (Sapozhok) • Skopinsky Uyezd (Skopin) • Spassky Uyezd (Spassk)
Notable people
Notable people
• Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855–1935), plant breeder, was born in Pronsky Uyezd. • Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Russian scientist famous for developing the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation • John Kochurov (1871–1917), Orthodox priest and missionary; first priest-martyr of the Bolshevik Revolution, was born in the Ryazan Governorate.
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