Spassk () is a

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and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Spassky District in

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Penza. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was ...

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. Population:

History

In 1648, an uncultivated field was discovered in Shatsky Uyezd and was given to a nearby monastery. In 1663, a village was established there, called Bogdanovo (). In 1779, it was renamed Spassk and made the seat of an

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

by a decree of

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

. However, soon it became apparent that confusion would result since several other towns in Russia shared the name (notably

Spassk-Ryazansky Spassk-Ryazansky () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Spassky District, Ryazan Oblast, Spassky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Spasskoye, southeast of Ryazan, th ...

) and the town was officially renamed Spassk-na-Studentse (). In 1925, a communist party conference in the uyezd resolved that the town be renamed Bednodemyanovsk () in honor of the

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Demyan Bedny. Bedny himself never visited the town, but was said to maintain a lively correspondence with its inhabitants. In 2005, the original name of the town was restored,Law #128-FZ and the district was also renamed.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Spassk serves as the

of Spassky District.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Spassky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Spassk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Spassk is incorporated within Spassky Municipal District as Spassk Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

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External links

Unofficial website of Spassk
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Spassky Uyezd (Tambov Governorate) Populated places established in 1663 1663 establishments in Russia