En Name: | Spassk |
Ru Name: | Спасск |
Coordinates: | 53.9333°N 54°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Bednodemianovsk (Penza oblast) (2001).png |
Federal Subject: | Penza Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Spassky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Spassk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Spassky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Spassk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Spassky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Spassk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Spassky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Spassk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 7442 |
Established Date: | 1663 |
Postal Codes: | 442600 |
Spassk (ru|Спасск) is a town and the administrative center of Spassky District in Penza Oblast, Russia. Population:
In 1648, an uncultivated field was discovered in Shatsky Uyezd and was given to a nearby monastery. In 1663, a village was established there, called Bogdanovo (Russian: Богданово). In 1779, it was renamed Spassk and made the seat of an uyezd by a decree of Catherine the Great. However, soon it became apparent that confusion would result since several other towns in Russia shared the name (notably Spassk-Ryazansky) and the town was officially renamed Spassk-na-Studentse (Russian: Спасск-на-Студенце). In 1925, a communist party conference in the uyezd resolved that the town be renamed Bednodemyanovsk (Russian: Беднодемьяновск) in honor of the poet Demyan Bedny. Bedny himself never visited the town, but was said to maintain a lively correspondence with its inhabitants. In 2005, the original name of the town was restored,[1] and the district was also renamed.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Spassk serves as the administrative center of Spassky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Spassky District as the town of district significance of Spassk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Spassk is incorporated within Spassky Municipal District as Spassk Urban Settlement.[3]