Penza

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Penza is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, 625 kilometers (388 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 36th-largest city in Russia.

The city's name derives from a hydronym in the Moksha language, пенза penza, meaning 'end of a swampy river'.

Penza is located in the central part of the Penza Oblast, on the banks of the Sura River (a tributary of the Volga) and its tributaries (the streams Penza, Ardym, Moika, and Penzyatka). Some of the rivers and streams flowing through Penza are partially enclosed in culverts. The city has a hilly terrain.

The city is divided into four administrative districts: Leninsky (the central district), Oktyabrsky, Zheleznodorozhny (the only one partially located on the right bank of the Sura), and Pervomaysky.

The central quarter of the city occupies the territory on which the wooden fortress Penza was once located; therefore, it is sometimes called the Serf. The architectural concept of the old fortress, erected on the eastern...

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