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History and Administrative Division .
From 1708 until 1780 the territory which later was to form Penza Gubernia was part of Kazan Gubernia. In 1780 Penza Namestichestvo was formed;
in 1797 it was elevated to Penza Gubernia. Penza Gubernia bordered on Nizhny Novgorod Gubernia in the north,
Simbirsk Gubernia in the east, Saratov Gubernia in the south and Tambov
Gubernia in the west. Penza Gubernia was divided in 10 districts (Uyezds) : Penza, Gorodishche, Insar, Kerensk, Krasnoslobodsk, Mokshany, Narovchat, Nizhni-Lomov, Saransk and Chembar. The Zemstvo Laws passed in 1864 granted regional self-government on Gubernia and Uyezd level; the regional administrative bodies are refererred to as Zemstvos. The Zemstvos were abolished in the course of the October Revolution. Population . The population in 1815 was 869,000, in 1840 978,300, in 1867 1,197,400, in 1885 1,471,400, in 1915 1,940,500 (Lahmeyer). The population is composed of ethnic Russians, Mordvinians, Meshcheryaks and Volga Tatars. Economy . Sura and Moksha River are navigable. In 1883, 62.4 % of the area was farmland, 22 % forest, 11.6 % pastorage. Main agricultural products included grain, potatoes, lentals. In 1884 there were 106 factories withy a combined total of 6,133 industrial workers; the dominant industry being distillery, further textile industry, sugar refinery and paper production (Mayer). Culture . Penza was seat of a Russian Orthodox bishop. |
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Penza Gubernia within the RSFSR .
Penza Gubernia annexed part of Tambov Gubernia. In 1926, Penza Gubernia bordered
on Nizhny Novgorod Gubernia in the north, on Simbirsk
Gubernia in the east, on Saratov Gubernia in the south, on
Tambov and Ryazan Gubernia in the west. Population . The population in 1926 was 1,997,000, in 1939 1,648,000 (Lahmeyer). |
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Article
Penzenskaya Gubernia, from Wikipedia Russian edition |
| Historical |
Articles : Penza, from EB 1911 Articles : Pensa, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Links | General |
| on History |
| Organizations |
| Historical Dictionary |
| Timelines |
| Accounts of History |
History of the Region, from Penza Oblast |
| Economy & Finances |
List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire : Penza Gubernia, from
The Virtual Matchbox Label Museum, in Russian Russia, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB ; search for Penza |
| Ethnography |
Mordvinians, from NUPI Centre for Russian Studies,
scroll down for historikk; from Institute for Bible Translation, has history;
Mordovia - History, from Turanian History Articles Volgaic Finns, Volga Tatars, from Wikipedia Volga Tatars, from World Culture Encyclopedia |
| Religion |
Article Old Believers, from Wikipedia Article Raskolniks, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition |
| History of Regions |
| Local History |
Articles Penza : History,
Gorodishche, from Wikipedia |
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Structurae : Russia : Penza Oblast |
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Historical Population Statistics : Russia, from Population
Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer |
| Documents | Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
Russian Empire - Southeast (Blackie & Son 1882), posted by FEEFHS Maps : Penza (Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910), posted by M. Witkam |
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General |
Articles : Government : Penza,
Cities : Penza,
Mokshany,
Ethnicities : Meshcheryaks,
Mordvinians,
Tatars, from EB 1911 Articles Pensa, Meschtscherjäken, Mordwinen, Tataren, Gorodischtsche, Insar, Kerensk, Krassno-Slobodsk, Mokschan, Narowtschat, Saransk, Tschembar, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Geographical |
Das Gouvernement Pensa, pp.477-480 in Th. Fr. Ehrmann,
Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien,
vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB Das Gouvernement Pensa, pp.234-236 in vol.1 of Das Russische Kaiserreich, seine Geographie, Statistik, Volks- und Regentengeschichte, 1847, in German, GB W.H. Beable, Russian gazetteer and guide, being an account of the territorial divisions and a description of over 300 of the principal towns and cities of Russia, Finland and Siberia (1919), posted on Internet Archive; Penza p.32 |
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Penza Gubernia Coat of Arms, from Civic Heraldry;
from Vector Images,
from Wikimedia |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
| on Penza |
| Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
| Country Specific |
| Online Journals | full text online |
| General Accounts |
| Historical Dictionary |
B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h |
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