Pronsk, Pronsky District, Ryazan Oblast
Coordinates: 54°07′N 39°37′E / 54.117°N 39.617°E
Pronsk (Russian: Пронск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pronsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Population: 3,943 (2010 Census);4,330 (2002 Census);5,105 (1989 Census).
Pronsk was first attested in chronicles in 1186. After Old Ryazan was destroyed by the Mongols, Pronsk remained the most prosperous town in the vicinity and long competed with Pereslavl-Ryazansky for the title of the most important center of the powerful Principality of Ryazan. Several times the local dynasty of princes assumed the throne in Ryazan. After the principality was absorbed by Muscovy in the 16th century, one branch of Princes Pronsky settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Another branch was prominent in the Muscovite politics until the end of the century.
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