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6 unusual facts about Ryazan


Berendei

In 1177, a Cuman-Kipchak army, allied with Ryazan, sacked six cities belonging to the Berendei and Torkil.

Grand duchy

Grand Duchy of Ryazan (correctly a grand principality, russ.: "Великое Княжество Рязанское")

Konstantin of Murom

According to legend, when he appeared before them bearing what is now known as the Murom-Ryazan icon of the Theotokos, they quieted down and bowed reverently before the holy image.

N.O.M.

N.O.M.'s founding members were: Sergey Kagadeev (born 20 October 1964, v. Rybnoye, Ryazan, vocals), Andrey Kagadeev (born 9 July 1961, Leningrad, bass guitar), Dmitriy Tikhonov (b. 6 August 1964, Vladivostok, - keyboards, vocals), Sergey Butuzov (b. 10 June 1962, Leningrad) and Nikolai Rodionov (drums, flute).

Oleg II of Ryazan

Oleg II Ivanovich was Prince of Ryazan and Grand Prince of Ryazan from 1350 to 1402.

Sedmoi Kontinent

As of July 2010, the company had 121 supermarkets and 4 hypermarkets in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, 10 supermarkets in Kaliningrad Oblast and one hypermarket in each of the following locations: Ryazan, Chelyabinsk, Minsk (Belarus), Perm, Belgorod and Yaroslavl.


Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov

Alexander Belyakov was born in 1897 in the village of Bezzubovo, Moscow Governorate (now Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast) and grew up in Ryazan.

Anna of Ryazan

In her policy Anna tried to expand her domain, she visited often Moscow and due her diplomatic efforts the Pronsk principality was added to Ryazan.

Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within

Viv Groskop for The Observer wrote, the book focuses on the failed Ryazan bombings "in excruciating, rambling detail", but it fails to describe convincingly the involvement of Russian state security services in organizing the Russian apartment bombings and "lack of transparency makes it difficult to read it as more than conspiracy theory.

Goose River

Gus River, (Russian: Гусь, lit. Goose), a river in Vladimir and Ryazan Oblasts

Oleg of Ryazan

Oleg I of Ryazan, nicknamed the Red, ruled the Principality of Ryazan in 1252–1258

Principality of Ryazan

During almost all the its history, Ryazan Principality was in conflict with its provincial Pronsk Principality until the latter was completely annexed to Ryazan in 1483 during the regency of Anna of Ryazan.


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