'''Ryazan Oblast''' is a region in Central Russia, which borders Lipetsk Oblast to the southwest, Tula Oblast to the west, Moscow Oblast to the northwest, Vladimir Oblast to the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the northeast, Mordovia to the east, Penza Oblast to the southeast, and Tambov Oblast to the south.

Regions

Cities

  • Ryazan — Ryazan is one of the older cities of Russia, which has its own kremlin that served as a major fortress on the border of Tatar and Russian lands for centuries
  • Kasimov — a large town that has gone back and forth between being Russian and Tatar—to which its mix of minarets and onion domes is testament
  • Solotcha — once known (with some pretence) as an "Italy in Ryazan," Solotcha is a quiet town in the suburbs of Ryazan and home to the Solotchinsky Convent, which dates back some 700 years
  • Poshupovo — a small town on the bank of the Oka River, home to the impressive Ioanno-Bogoslovsky Monastery
  • Other destinations

  • Meshchersky National Park
  • Oksky Nature Reserve
  • Understand

    Talk

    Russian will come in handy, especially outside of Ryazan.

    Get in

    The capital, Ryazan, is a 3 hour train ride from Moscow

    Get around

    See

    Itineraries

    Do

    Eat

    Drink

    Be sure to try some of the local mead (_}_u_t___r_____p myohd-uh-VOO-khuh)

    Stay safe

    Get out