Penza Governorate
Penza Governorate () was an administrative division (a guberniya) of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1796 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Penza. Uyezds Penza Governorate was subdivided into ten uyezds: Gorodishchensky Uyezd Insarsky Uyezd Kerensky Uyezd Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd Mokshansky Uyezd Narovchatsky Uyezd Nizhnelomovsky Uyezd Penzensky Uyezd Saransky Uyezd Chembarsky Uyezd Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Penza Governorate had a population of 1,470,474. Of these, 83.0% spoke Russian, 12.8% Mordvin, 4.0% Tatar, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% Polish as their native language. References 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire 1797 disestablishments in the Russian Empire 1801 establishments in the Russian Empire 1928 disestablishments in Russia States and territories disestablished in 1928 States and territories disestablished in 1797 States and territories established in 1796 States and territories established in 1801 History of Penza Oblast History of Mordovia History of Ulyanovsk Oblast