24 Facts About Ryazan

Ryazan is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia.

At that time, the city was part of the independent Principality of Ryazan, which had existed since 1078 and which was centered on the old city of Ryazan.

The first ruler of Ryazan was supposedly Yaroslav Sviatoslavich, Prince of Ryazan and Murom.

In 12th century the lands of Ryazan being located on the border between woods and steppe suffered numerous invasions coming from the southern as northern parts of European Russia.

The southern ones were usually carried out by military powers like Cumans, on the northern side Ryazan was in a conflict with Vladimir-Suzdal duche who by end of the 12th century had burnt the capital of Ryazan several times already.

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The principality's last duke Ivan V of Ryazan was imprisoned for a short time for being suspected in a treasonous attempt to seal a treaty with Crimean Khanate in order to outweigh Moscow's influence.

Ryazan was notorious for becoming the first church official to recognize a Poland-backed impostor False-Dmitry as a legitimate monarch, alleged Czar of Tsardom of Russia, after meeting with his forces in Tula.

Around that time Ryazan ex-duchy became a home for various noble families, most notable of which are Lyapunovs, whose brothers Prokopy and Zakhary Lyapunovs played a significant roles in shaping Russian history during Times of Troubles.

Ryazan housed the USSR's only producer of potato-harvesting equipment at the time.

Ryazan was developed as a military center, and became the main training center of the Soviet Airborne Forces.

Besides the Airborne School, Ryazan has the Automobile School and Institute of Communications, a regiment of railway troops, airbase strategic bombers, and a training center in Diaghilev.

Ryazan repeatedly won recognition among the cities of the Soviet Union for its landscaping.

Ryazan's buildings are not characterized by any single architectural style.

Many noted Russian architects worked in Ryazan, including Kazakov, who worked and died in this city, and built the house of Politech University.

Ryazan's churches were built between the 15th and 19th centuries.

In 2006 and 2007, the Public Committee in Defense of the Historical and Architectural Museum "Ryazan Kremlin" campaigned against attempts by the Diocese of Voronezh to establish ownership over the Ryazan Kremlin.

Ryazan Cycling has built bike paths in the central parks of the city.

Ryazan is the seat of Diocese of Ryazan and Kasimov, an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Ryazan is one of the leading tourist destinations in Central Russia.

The Ryazan Kremlin is a symbol and the main landmark in Ryazan.

Ryazan city governing body is divided among City's legislature, City administration and district's courts.

Ryazan is a system of community councils areas which are deliberative bodies coordinating the work of services housing and communal services and the Department of Public Works on urban areas.

Today, the crime rate in Ryazan is one of the lowest among the cities of the Central Federal District according to the Russian Interior Ministry.

The low crime rate in Ryazan is often attributed to increased number of police patrols, high number of military schools, and voluntary militias headquarters distributed throughout the city's districts.