Sampur
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Sampur is a rural locality (a selo) in Sampursky District
of Tambov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Tsna River
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Sampur was founded in 1732 by two retired soldiers, Stepan Pavlovich Pronin and Ivan Osipovich Dementyev, who were each granted ten desyatinas of land for service excellence. Sampur was first mentioned as a village in 1811 Audit records. In 1898, after a church was built, Sampur became a selo. The population currently resides around 104 people, as of June 1998.
During Soviet times, Sampur served as the administrative center of Sampursky District until 1981, at which time the administrative center was moved to the settlement of Satinka.
Sampursky District
Sampursky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 23 in Tambov Oblast, Russia....
of Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. Population: down from 1,178,443 recorded by the 2002 Census.Tambov Oblast is situated in forest steppe.-Birth rate:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Tsna River
Tsna River (Moksha basin)
Tsna is a river in Tambov Oblast and Ryazan Oblast of Russia, a left tributary of the Moksha River. 451 kilometers in length, it runs through the cities of Tambov and Morshansk....
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Sampur was founded in 1732 by two retired soldiers, Stepan Pavlovich Pronin and Ivan Osipovich Dementyev, who were each granted ten desyatinas of land for service excellence. Sampur was first mentioned as a village in 1811 Audit records. In 1898, after a church was built, Sampur became a selo. The population currently resides around 104 people, as of June 1998.
During Soviet times, Sampur served as the administrative center of Sampursky District until 1981, at which time the administrative center was moved to the settlement of Satinka.