Ryazan Governorate
Ryazan Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its capital was in Ryazan.
Administrative division
Ryazan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds :- Dankovsky Uyezd
- Yegoryevsky Uyezd
- Zaraysky Uyezd
- Kasimovsky Uyezd
- Mikhaylovsky Uyezd
- Pronsky Uyezd
- Ranenburgsky Uyezd
- Ryazhsky Uyezd
- Ryazansky Uyezd
- Sapozhkovsky Uyezd
- Skopinsky Uyezd
- Spassky Uyezd
Notable people
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, plant breeder, was born in Pronsky Uyezd.
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist famous for developing the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
- John Kochurov, Orthodox priest and missionary; first priest-martyr of the Bolshevik Revolution, was born in the Ryazan Governorate.