Ryazan Oblast#History

Ryazan Oblast borders Vladimir Oblast (N), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (NE), the Republic of Mordovia (E), Penza Oblast (SE), Tambov Oblast (S), Lipetsk Oblast (SW), Tula Oblast (W), and Moscow Oblast (NW).

In terms of physical geography, Ryazan Oblast lies in the central part of the Russian Plain between the Central Russian and Volga uplands. The terrain is flat, with the highest point of no more than 300 m above sea level. Soils are podzolic and boggy on the left bank of the Oka, changing southward to more fertile podzolic and leached black-earths (chernozyom).

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Most of the Ryazan Oblast lies within the Volga basin, with the Oka the principal river of the area.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

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Human occupation of the area of the Ryazan Oblast dates from at least the Upper Paleolithic period. East Slavs, Volga Finnic, Tatar tribes inhabited the area and merged into an ethnos, a process virtually completed by the 13th century CE. In 830 the Ryazan area became part of Rus' Khaganate.

Later the Ryazan area became part of the Kievan Rus' political system and came under the domination of the Principality of Chernigov (founded in 988). The Principality of Ryazan operated as a separate entity from 1097 to 1521, when the area became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, though with the Qasim Khanate district retaining some autonomy until the 1550s.

The Ryazan Governorate became separate from the Moscow Governorate in 1796.

Ryazan Oblast was formed out of the Moscow and Voronezh oblasts in 1937. It took its present form in 1954 when some of its southern districts were ceded to the newly established Lipetsk Oblast. Also in 1954, it was ceded parts of southern Moscow Oblast and no border changes happened afterward.

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In the post-war period of the Soviet Union recovery in the wake of growing competition between USSR and US several ambitious plans severely undermined the economic stability of the region. In Ryazan Oblast, at the behest of central government led by Nikita Khrushchev, a regional administration ordered slaughter of livestock in a futile attempt to boost productivity rates (plans included tripling of meat and milk production). Because of series of misjudgement and overestimations these plans resulted in disastrous failure which is known today as Ryazan miracle ({{Langx|ru|Рязанское чудо}}).

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{{bar percent|Agri- and aquaculture|hsl(19 50% 50%)|8.1}}

{{bar percent|Mining and Extraction|hsl(38 50% 50%)|0.16}}

{{bar percent|Processing industry (metallurgy, oil refining etc.)|hsl(57 50% 50%)|26.66}}

{{bar percent|Energy|hsl(76 50% 50%)|3.33}}

{{bar percent|Utilities (water supply)|hsl(95 50% 50%)|0.57}}

{{bar percent|Construction|hsl(114 50% 50%)|4.61}}

{{bar percent|Wholesale trade and Retail trade, professional services|hsl(133 50% 50%)|14.62}}

{{bar percent|Transportation and warehousing|hsl(152 50% 50%)|5.62}}

{{bar percent|Public services (restaurants and hotels)|hsl(171 50% 50%)|0.61}}

{{bar percent|Information|hsl(190 50% 50%)|2.81}}

{{bar percent|Finance and insurance|hsl(209 50% 50%)|0.28}}

{{bar percent|Real estate|hsl(228 50% 50%)|12.84}}

{{bar percent|R&D|hsl(247 50% 50%)|1.69}}

{{bar percent|Administrative services|hsl(266 50% 50%)|1.24}}

{{bar percent|State, security and social support|hsl(285 50% 50%)|6.46}}

{{bar percent|Education|hsl(304 50% 50%)|4.25}}

{{bar percent|Healthcare & social services|hsl(323 50% 50%)|4.77}}

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Ryazan Oblast is a part of the Central economic region. The oblast is economically favorable due to the water and land routes that pass through it and provide stable domestic and foreign economic ties. It is considered both an industrial and agricultural Oblast. The agriculture in the region is represented by livestock farming and plants cultivation. Livestock farming specializes in raising and fattening cattle and breeding pigs, sheep, and poultry. Beekeeping is also well developed in the region.

• Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway is located in Ryazansky District
• Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway is located in Klepikovsky District

{{Historical populations|1897|1802196|1926|2428914|7=1959|8=1444755|9=1970|10=1411590|11=1979|12=1361839|13=1989|14=1345924|15=2002|16=1227910|17=2010|18=1154114|19=2021|20=1102810|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}Population: {{ru-census|p2021=1,102,810|p2010=1,154,114|p2002=1,227,910|p1989=1,345,924}}

Vital statistics for 2024:{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов российской федерации за декабрь 2024 года |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |url-status=live |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Rosstat}}

• Births: 6,376 (5.9 per 1,000)
• Deaths: 16,555 (15.4 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2024):{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Рейтинг рождаемости в регионах: кто в лидерах, а кто в аутсайдерах {{!}} Москва |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/3365231 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}

1.12 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):{{cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia}}

Total — 68.61 years (male — 63.96, female — 73.31)

Ethnic composition (2010):{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}

• Russians - 95.1%
• Ukrainians - 0.8%
• Armenians - 0.5%
• Mordvins - 0.5%
• Tatars - 0.5%
• Azeris - 0.4%
• Uzbeks - 0.3%
• Others - 1.9%
• 74,419 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.{{Cite web|url=http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936|title = Впн-2010}}

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|title=Religion in Ryazan Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[http://sreda.org/en/arena "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia"]. Sreda, 2012.[http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps]. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 21/04/2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170421154615/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg Archived].

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According to a 2012 survey 63% of the population of Ryazan Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 3% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 1% are Orthodox Christian believers without belonging to church or belonging to non-Russian Orthodox churches, 1% are Muslims, and 1% are adherents of the Rodnovery (Slavic native faith) movement. In addition, 15% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 9% is atheist, and 7% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

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• {{Ill|Eurleno Mansion|ru|Ерлино (усадьба)}}, an 18th century mansion built by wealthy local trader and farmer.

• Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946), composer
• Yuri Bykov (born 1981), filmmaker
• Erast Garin (1902–1980), comic actor
• Alexander Genis (born 1953), writer, broadcaster and cultural critic
• Yuri Kholopov (1932–2003), musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire
• Maximilian Kravkov (1887–1937), writer
• Andrei Mironov (born 1975), painter
• Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968), writer
• Alexander Pirogov (1899–1964), bass opera singer
• Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), writer
• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), satirist
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), writer
• Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet
• Semen Zhivago (1807–1863), historical painter

• Anton Belov (born 1986), professional ice hockey defenceman
• Olga Kaliturina (born 1976), high jumper
• Maria Kalmykova (born 1978), basketball player
• Yuri Kuleshov (born 1981), professional football defensive midfielder
• Irina Meleshina (born 1982), long jumper
• Ivan Nifontov (born 1987), judoka
• Sergei Panov (born 1970), basketball player
• Konstantin Selyavin (born 1974), former Russian professional football player
• Kirill Sosunov (born 1975), long jumper
• Alexandra Trusova (born 2004), figure skater

• Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879–1940), geologist
• Victor Balykin (born 1947), Russian physicist
• Vladimir Gulevich (1867–1933), biochemist
• Aleksei Kozhevnikov (1836–1902), neurologist and psychiatrist
• Nikolai Kravkov (1865–1924), pharmacologist
• Sergey P. Kravkov (1873–1938), soil scientist
• Sergey V. Kravkov (1893–1951), psychologist and psychophysiologist
• Andrey Markov (1856–1922), mathematician
• Ivan Michurin (1855–1935), biologist
• Sergey Nepobedimy (1921–2014), designer of rocket weaponry
• Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), physiologist
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), engineer

• Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990), chess grandmaster
• Roman Putin (born 1977), businessman

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