What was the original name of the city now known as Old Ryazan?
Peryslavl-Ryazansky
Staraya Ryazan
Novgorod
Kievan Rus'
Answer
Old Ryazan, originally known as Staraya Ryazan, was located 50 kilometers east of modern-day Ryazan. It served as the capital of the Principality of Ryazan until the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in 1237.
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