Spassky Uyezd (''Спасский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the
Tambov Governorate
Tambov Governorate was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, and later the Russian SFSR, centred around the city of Tambov. The governorate was located between 51°14' and 55°6' north and between 38°9' and 43°38' east ...
of the
Russian Empire
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. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was
Spassk Spassk (russian: Спасск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
;Urban localities
*Spassk, Penza Oblast, a town in Spassky District of Penza Oblast
* Spassk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Tash ...
. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Spassky Uyezd is divided between the Spassky and Zemetchinsky districts of
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Geo ...
Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
and
Sasovsky District
Sasovsky District (russian: Са́совский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #96-OZ district ( raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the ...
of
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city.
Geo ...
.
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Spassky Uyezd had a population of 121,366. Of these, 51.6% spoke
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, 46.4%
Mordvin
The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Moks ...
and 1.8%
Tatar
The Tatars ()Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different as their native language.