Penza was founded as a Russian frontier fortress-city, and to this day, remnants of the Lomovskaya sentry line built in 1640 have been preserved at the western edge of the city, and remains of earth ramparts dating from the mid-16th century are preserved in the city center. Until 1663, Penza was a wooden stockade with only a small settlement. In 1774, the insurgent army led by Russian dating telegram Pugachev occupied Penza after the citizens of the city welcomed the rebellious Cossacks. The first stone houses started to appear after 1801, and by 1809 Penza’s population had grown to more than 13,000 people.
In 1918, Vladimir Lenin sent a telegram to communists in the Penza area, complaining about the “insurrection of five kulak districts”. He urged the public hanging of 100 “landlords, richmen, bloodsuckers”, grain seizure, and hostage taking. This telegram has been used in several historical works on the period and on Lenin. During the Soviet period, the city developed as a regional industrial center. The Ural mainframe was made here between 1959 and 1964. Penza is the administrative center of the oblast.
Penza is a major railway junction and lies on the M5 highway linking Moscow and Chelyabinsk. Currently, the city of Penza is seen as a regional center for higher education. Penza first hosted the Russian Sidecarcross Grand Prix in 2009, and did so again in 2010, on August 15. Dizel Penza is Penza’s professional hockey team, playing in the VHL. Dizelist Penza is a junior club playing in the NMHL. The city football team FC Zenit Penza was established in 1918 but now plays in the Russian Amateur League.
Penza has also a professional rugby union club, Imperia-Dynamo Penza, from Russia’s Professional Rugby League. A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city. Article 2 of the Charter of Penza states that the city may have an anthem, providing one is adopted by the City Duma. As of 2015, no anthem has been adopted. Город основан в 1663 году как крепость на юго-восточной окраине Русского царства. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года”.
Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров” . Ukrainians in USSR beyond the borders of Ukrainian SSR: p. Вінніпеґ: Накладом УВАН в Канаді, 1974. Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1971, Moscow, Volume 36, page 489. Telegram to the Penza Gubernia Executive Committee of the Soviets in J.
St Martin’s: Boston and New York: p. Translation of ‘hanging order’ by Robert Service, p. Погода и Климат – Климатический монитор: погода в Пензе”. Archived from the original on July 15, 2009.
Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пензенской области, в ред. О внесении изменений в статью 15 Закона Пензенской области “Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пензенской области”. Вступил в силу через десять дней после дня официального опубликования. 2484-ZPO of November 28, 2013 On Amending Article 15 of the Law of Penza Oblast “On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Penza Oblast”. Effective as of the day ten days after the day of the official publication. О границах муниципальных образований Пензенской области, в ред.
