Ryazan
Ryazan
Рязань | |
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| Coordinates: 54°37′48″N 39°44′33″E / 54.63000°N 39.74250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast |
| First mentioned | 1095 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma |
| • Mayor | Vitalii Artemov |
| Area | |
• Total | 224.163 km2 (86.550 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 524,927 |
• Estimate (2025) | 532,772 (+1.5%) |
| • Rank | 31st in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,341.72/km2 (6,065.03/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Ryazan |
| • Capital of | Ryazan Oblast, Ryazansky District |
| • Urban okrug | Ryazan Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Ryazan Urban Okrug, Ryazansky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 390000-390048 |
| Dialing code | +7 4912 |
| OKTMO ID | 61701000001 |
| Website | www |
Ryazan (Russian: Рязань, IPA: [rʲɪˈzanʲ] ⓘ; also Riazan) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, 196 km (122 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Ryazan had a population of 524 927, making it the 33rd most populated city in Russia, and the fourth most populated in Central Russia after Moscow, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 46,122 | — |
| 1926 | 48,989 | +6.2% |
| 1939 | 95,357 | +94.6% |
| 1959 | 214,130 | +124.6% |
| 1970 | 350,151 | +63.5% |
| 1979 | 453,267 | +29.4% |
| 1989 | 514,638 | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 521,560 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 524,927 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 528,599 | +0.7% |
| Source: Census data | ||
An older city, now known as Old Ryazan (Russian: Старая Рязань, romanized: Staraya Ryazan), was located 50 km (31 mi) east of modern-day Ryazan during the late Middle Ages, and served as capital of the Principality of Ryazan up until the Mongol invasion in 1237. During the Siege of Ryazan, it became one of the first cities in Russia to be besieged and completely razed to the ground. The capital was subsequently moved to Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky (Russian: Переяславль-Рязанский), and later renamed to Ryazan by order of Catherine the Great in 1778.
The city is known for the Ryazan Kremlin, a historic museum; the Pozhalostin Museum, one of the oldest art museums in Russia; the Memorial Museum-Estate of Academician I.P. Pavlov; and the Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation.
In 2022, the Ministry of Construction published an updated rating of the new urban digitalization index. Ryazan entered the top three cities with a population of 250 thousand to a million people.