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Saransk

Coordinates: 54°11′N 45°11′E / 54.183°N 45.183°E / 54.183; 45.183
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Saransk
Саранск
Other transcription(s)
 • MokshaСаранош
 • ErzyaСаран ош
Clockwise from top: Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov, Regional museum, Saransk I railway station, Musical theatre named after I. M. Yaushev, Millennium square and main building Mordovian State University
Location of Saransk
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CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Mordovia
Founded1641[1]
City status since1780[2]
Government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies
 • Mayor[3]Pyotr Tultayev[3]
Area
 • Total383 km2 (148 sq mi)
Population
 • Total297,415
 • Rank64th in 2010
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Saransk
 • Capital ofRepublic of Mordovia
 • Capital ofcity of republic significance of Saransk
 • Urban okrugSaransk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofSaransk Urban Okrug
Postal code(s)[6]
430000–430013, 430015–430019, 430021, 430023–430025, 430027, 430028, 430030–430034, 430700, 430899, 430950, 995300
Dialing code(s)+7 8342[7]
City DayJune 12
Websitewww.adm-saransk.ru

Saransk (Russian: Саранск; Moksha: Саранош) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. In 2010 there were 297,415 people living there.

Twin towns − Sister cities[change]

Saransk is twinned with:

References[change]

  1. Chief secretary of the Governing Senate I. K. Kirillov (1726). Flourishing State of the All-Russian Nation (Цветущее состояние Всероссийского государства) (in русский). Saransk, a town chopped from wood, was founded in 1641, just caved in from decrepitude it is lying on a hill by the Inzar river, and through the Inzar flows a river named Saranka (Саранск, город деревянной рубленой, построен во 149-м (1641) году, но токмо ныне от ветхости обвалился, стоит на горе при реке Инзаре, а сквозь того города течёт река Саранка)
  2. V. N. Kuklin (1983). Biography of Saransk Roads (Биографии саранских улиц). Saransk: Mordovian Book Publishing. p. 9.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Официальный сайт Администрации городского округа Саранск". adm-saransk.ru. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  4. "Саранск — столица Мордовии". Администрация городского округа Саранск. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  5. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. "Телефонный код Саранска (8342) - правила набора номера с мобильных и стационарных телефонов". kodifikant.ru. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

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