Ryazhsky District

Ryazhsky District (Ря́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1019 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Ryazhsk. Population: 29,026 (2010 Census); The population of Ryazhsk accounts for 74.7% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Boris Novikov (1925–1997), Soviet stage and film actor, People's Artist of Russia, born in Ryazhsk