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Ryazan

Ryazan is a city in the Central Federal District

Central Federal District

Central Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia.The word "Central" is of political and historical meaning; actually the district is situated in the extreme West of Russia....
of Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It has an area of 39,600 km? and a population of 1,227,910 . Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the largest regional city with a population of 535,000....
. It is on the Oka River

Oka River

Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol Oblast, Tula Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Vladimir Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga....
south-east of Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. Its population is 521,560 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 514,638 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
). The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo

Dyagilevo

Dyagilevo is an air base in Ryazan Oblast, Russia located 3 km west of Ryazan. It has served as a training center for Russia's strategic bomber force....
is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo

Alexandrovo air base

Ryazan Alexandrovo is an air base in Ryazan Oblast, Russia located southeast of Ryazan. It was probably an attack aircraft base during the Cold War....
is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport.

s argued that the Ryazan kremlin

Kremlin

Kremlin is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities....
was founded in 800 by Slavic settlers, as a part of their drive into territory previously populated by Finnic

Finnic

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peoples.

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Ryazan is a city in the Central Federal District

Central Federal District

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast

Ryazan Oblast

Oka River

Moscow

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 514,638 (1989 Census

Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
). The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo

Dyagilevo

Alexandrovo air base

History

It is argued that the Ryazan kremlin

Kremlin

Finnic

Finnic can refer to:* Finnic languages* Finnic peoples Adding long comment tag to protect...
peoples. Initially it was built of wood, gradually replaced by masonry. The oldest preserved part of the kremlin dates back to the 12th century.

However, the first written mention of the city, under the name of Pereslavl, dates to 1095. At that time the city was part of the independent Ryazan Principality

Ryazan Principality

Ryazan Principality existed from 1078 when it was separated from the Chernigov Principality. In 1521 the Principality became a part of Muscovy. The first ruler of Ryazan was supposedly Yaroslav Sviatoslavich, Prince of Chernigov , later Prince of Murom-Ryzan....
, which had existed since 1078 and which was centered on the old city of Ryazan. The first ruler of Ryazan was supposedly Yaroslav Sviatoslavich, Prince of Ryazan and Murom (cities of Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus' , also written as Kyivan Rus', was a medieval state which existed from approximately 880 to the middle of the 12th century. Founded by the Scandinavian traders called "Rus' " and centered in the city of Kiev , Rus' polity is considered an early predecessor of three modern East Slavs nations: Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrai...
.

The lands of Ryazan, situated on the border of forest and steppe

Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe , pronounced , is a grassland plain without trees . The prairie can be considered a steppe. It may be semi-desert, or covered with Poaceae or shrubs or both, depending on the season and latitude....
, suffered numerous invasions from the south, carried out by a variety of tribes including the Khazars

Khazars

The Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic languages verb form meaning "wandering"....
, the Pechenegs

Pechenegs

The Pechenegs or Patzinaks were a nomad Turkic peoples people of the Central Asian steppes speaking the Pecheneg language which belonged to the Turkic languages....
, and the Polovtsians. Ryazan was the first Russian city to by sacked by the Mongol

Mongols

The name Mongol specifies one or several ethnic groups, now mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia....
horde of Batu Khan

Batu Khan

Batu Khan was a Mongols ruler and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His Blue Horde became the Golden Horde , which ruled Kievan Rus' and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Poland and Hungary....
. On December 21, 1237 it was thoroughly devastated and never fully recovered. As result of the sack, the seat of the principality was moved about 55 km to the town of Pereslavl-Ryazanskii, which subsequently took the name of the destroyed capital. The site of the old capital now carries the name of Staraya Ryazan (Old Ryazan), close to Spassk-Ryazanskiy.

In the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo

Battle of Kulikovo

The Battle of Kulikovo was fought by the Tatars-Mongols and the Russians. The battle took place on September 8, 1380 at the Kulikovo Field near the Don River and resulted in a Russian victory....
, a key event in Russian history, Grand Prince Oleg of Ryazan and his men fought as allies of Mamai

Mamai

Mamai was a powerful military commander of the Blue Horde in the 1370s, who resided in the western part of this nomadic state, which is now the Southern Ukraine Steppes and the Crimean Peninsula....
, a strongman of the Tartar Golden Horde

Golden Horde

The Golden Horde is a East-Slavic designation for the Mongol?later Turkic languages?Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus....
, against the Russian armies under the command of the Grand Prince of Vladimir

Vladimir

Vladimir is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway . It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast....
, Dmitri Ivanovich of Moscow

Dmitri Donskoi

Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoi , or Dimitri of the Don, sometimes referred to as Dmitry I , son of Ivan II of Russia, reigned as the Grand Duchy of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 to his death....
.

Late in the 13th century the Princes of Ryazan moved their capital to Pereslavl, which is known as Ryazan from the 16th century (officially renamed in 1778). The principality was finally incorporated into that of Moscow in 1521.

In 1990 it hosted a group of hot air balloonists from the United Kingdom. 24 balloons arrived by road whilst the crews flew from London to Moscow then travelled by bus to Ryazan. Each crew was allocated an interpreter who advised them on local customs. The crews spent about a week in Ryazan and made several flights over the area. The Red Army provided the retrieve vehicles for the teams (two balloons to a vehicle).

In September 1999, Ryazan was one of the cities involved in the Russian apartment bombings

Russian apartment bombings

The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk in September 1999, killing nearly 300 people and spreading a wave of fear across the country....
episode, though did not actually experience a successful bomb attack.

Modern Ryazan

Ryazan is a fast-changing city, especially in the areas around the Novosyolov and Moskovskoye Shosse streets. Large shopping malls started to appear recently, and a new indoor skating rink

Ice rink

An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Some of its uses include playing ice hockey, figure skating exhibitions and contests, and ice shows....
was built on the Novosyolov. The city is home to the Airborne Forces

VDV

The Russian airborne forces or VDV is an arm of service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, on a par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces ....
academy.

Due to its close location to Moscow (three hours by train) modern Ryazan has a boisterous nightlife. Every weekend local clubs and pubs host euro-dance

Eurodance

Eurodance is a subgenre of electronic dance music originating in the early 1990s#Music. It combines many elements from House music, Hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and Hip-Hop music....
, house

House music

House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
and occasionally RnB

RNB

RNB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* Nankai Broadcasting - , a broadcasting station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan...
and Hip-Hop parties. Clubs like Sunset, Maska, Molotov, Cosmic and Fusion cocktail hall had gained popularity among Ryazan upscale youth and some foreign students. Newly launched restaurants Nebo, Paravoz and Carroll also host irregular parties.

The main rock scene of the city is legendary Planetary art-club. During nearly 10 years of its existence a wide number of Russian

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and European

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
rock

Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
, punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
, numetal

Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
, emo

Emo (music)

Emo is a genre of music that originated from hardcore punk and later adopted pop punk influences when it became mainstream in the United States....
and avant-garde

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-twentieth century, particularly in North America, and whose most famous and influential exponent was John Cage ....
bands have performed at Planetary. Even American indie rock bands like Briston have made an appearance.

Administrative divisions

The city of Ryazan is divided into four administrative districts: Moskovsky, Oktyabrsky, Sovetsky, and Zheleznodorozhny.

Sights of Ryazan

Ryazan Kremlin
Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov

For other uses, see Pavlov.Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian Empire, and later Soviet, physiologist, psychologist, and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for research pertaining to the digestive system....
Museum
Architectural Museum
Art Museum
Drama Theater
Puppet Theater
Children's Circus
Circus

File:Faroe stamp 416 circus.jpgA circus is commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobatics, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hoopers, tightrope walkers, juggling, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists....
Pyaniy Park

Notable people

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, the famous psychologist
Psychologist

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and founder of classical conditioning
Classical conditioning

Classical Conditioning is a form of associative learning that was first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov . The typical procedure for inducing classical conditioning involves presentations of a neutral stimulus along with a stimulus of some significance....
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, one of the inventors of the space
Space

Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which Physical body and events occur and have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physics usually consider it, with time, to be part of the boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime....
rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
Sergei Yesenin
Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Yesenin was a Russian lyrical poet.Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was born in Konstantinovo in the Ryazan region of the Russian Empire to a peasant family....
, a poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
Andrey Markov
Andrey Markov

Andrey Andreyevich Markov was a Russian mathematician. He is best known for his work on theory of stochastic processes. His research later became known as Markov chains....
, the mathematician who pioneered work on Markov chains.
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin

Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , was a Russian practitioner of selection, Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and academician of the VASKhNIL....
, a practitioner selection
Selection

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ist.

Twin towns

Bressuire

Bressuire is a commune in France of the Deux-S?vres d?partement in France, in France. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton....
, France

France

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. Kruševac

Kruševac

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, Serbia

Serbia

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. Lovech

Lovech

Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of about 50,000. Lovech is the administrative centre of Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech municipality, and is located 150 km from the capital city of Sofia....
, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. Münster

Münster

M?nster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region and it is also capital of the government region M?nster ....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. New Athos

New Athos

New Athos is a town in the Gudauta of Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia , situated some 22 km from Sukhumi by the shores of the Black Sea....
, Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian?Abkhaz conflict, it is governed by the International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Republic of Abkhazia....
. Omiš

Omiš

Omi? is a city and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The city is situated approximately 25 km south-east of Croatia's second largest City, Split ....
, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
. Ostrów Mazowiecka

Ostrów Mazowiecka

Ostr?w Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants .Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Ostroleka Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ostr?w Mazowiecka County....
, Poland

Poland

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. Xuzhou

Xuzhou

Xuzhou , known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is the forth largest prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province of China, People's Republic of China....
, China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
.

External links

(inside the Ryazan kremlin)
(motherland of the Sergei Yesenin
Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Yesenin was a Russian lyrical poet.Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was born in Konstantinovo in the Ryazan region of the Russian Empire to a peasant family....
) and other photos.