Ryazan Governorate

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==

• 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. == References ==