Ryazan

Ryazan (???????) is a city in Central Russia federal district, the administrative center of the Ryazan Oblast. It is located on the Oka River 196 km south-east of Moscow, at . The population is 521,700 (census 2002). Ryazan is twinned with M?nster and Lovech.

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It is argued that the Ryazan kremlin was founded in 1095 by Russian settlers, as a step of their drive into the territory previously populated by Finnic peoples. Initially it was built of wood, gradually replaced by masonry. The oldest preserved part of the kremlin dates back to the 15th century.

Central Russia: Central Russia - areas in European Russia with different definitions or without definitions...

Ryazan Oblast: Ryazan Oblast is a regional subdivision of Russia. It has an area of 39,600 km? and a population of 1,227,910 (as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the largest regional city with a population of 535,000....

Oka River: Oka (Russian: ????) is a great river in Russia, right confluent of Volga. It flows through the Oblasts of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod....