Ranenburgsky Uyezd (''Раненбургский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the

Ryazan Governorate Ryazan Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its capital was in Ryazan. Administrative division Ryazan Governorate consisted of the follo ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ranenburg ( Chaplygin).

Demographics

Population after census of 1897 — 152,691 (73,763 men and 78,928 women). Its administrative center – Ranenburg – had a population of 15,331. According to Soviet Census of 1926, the population almost doubled, having 300,435 people in the Uyezd, of which 22,051 lived in towns and cities.

References

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