Saransk
city in the center of European Russia
Saransk (Russian: Саранск; Moksha: Саранош) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. In 2010 there were 297,415 people living there.
Saransk
Саранск | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Moksha | Саранош |
| • Erzya | Саран ош |
    .jpg) 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 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Saransk  | |
  Saransk Location of Saransk  Saransk Saransk (Republic of Mordovia) | |
| Coordinates: 54°11′N 45°11′E / 54.183°N 45.183°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Mordovia |
| Founded | 1641[1] |
| City status since | 1780[2] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Council of Deputies |
| • Mayor[3] | Pyotr Tultayev[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 383 km2 (148 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 297,415 |
| • Estimate (2018)[6] | 318,841 (+7.2%) |
| • Rank | 64th in 2010 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of republic significance of Saransk |
| • Capital of | Republic of Mordovia |
| • Capital of | city of republic significance of Saransk |
| • Urban okrug | Saransk Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Saransk Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [7]) |
| Postal code(s)[8] | 430000–430013, 430015–430019, 430021, 430023–430025, 430027, 430028, 430030–430034, 430700, 430899, 430950, 995300 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8342[9] |
| OKTMO ID | 89701000001 |
| City Day | June 12 |
| Twin towns | Botevgrad, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Kalinkavichy, Kohtla-Järve, Sieradz |
| Website | www |
Twin towns − Sister cities change
Saransk is twinned with:
Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland- Sieradz, Poland
References change
- ↑ Chief secretary of the Governing Senate I. K. Kirillov (1726). Flourishing State of the All-Russian Nation (Цветущее состояние Всероссийского государства) (in Russian).
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)
- ↑ V. N. Kuklin (1983). Biography of Saransk Roads (Биографии саранских улиц). Saransk: Mordovian Book Publishing. p. 9.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Саранск — столица Мордовии". Администрация городского округа Саранск. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ "Телефонный код Саранска (8342) - правила набора номера с мобильных и стационарных телефонов". kodifikant.ru. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
Other websites change
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saransk.
- Official website of the city of Saransk Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
