Saransk

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city
Saransk
Саранск ( Russian )
Саранош ( Moksha )
Саран ош ( ersjanisch )
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Federal district Volga
republic Mordovia
Urban district Saransk
mayor Pyotr Tultayev
Founded 1641
City since 1780
surface 71.5
population 297,415 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Height of the center 160  m
Official language russian , mokshan , ersjanisch
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 8342
Post Code 430000-430034
License Plate 13, 113
OKATO 89 401
Website http://www.adm-saransk.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 54 ° 11 ′  N , 45 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  N , 45 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Saransk (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Saransk (Republic of Mordovia)
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Situation in Mordovia
List of cities in Russia

Saransk ( Russian Саранск , Moksha Саранош / Saranosch , ersjanisch Саран ош / Saran osch ) is a city in Russia and capital of the Republic of Mordovia, with 297,415 inhabitants (14 October 2010).

According to a survey from 2010, Saransk is one of the most livable cities in Russia.

Geography and city structure

Saransk is located in the European part of Russia and 642 km southeast of Moscow , on the left bank of the Alatyr tributary Insar from the river system of the Volga . The distance to the nearest large city Penza is around 150 km, the largest of the neighboring towns is the city of Rusajewka, around 25 km to the southwest.

The urban area of ​​Saransk is divided into three Rajons : Leninsky (102,219 inhabitants, as of October 14, 2010), Oktyabrsky (100,189) and Proletarsky (95,007). The urban district also includes the urban-type settlements Luchowka (8639 inhabitants), Nikolajewka (5058) and Jalga (5672) as well as 13 villages and rural settlements. All villages and settlements are under the administration of Oktyabrsky district. Saransk is in the time zone MSC (Moscow Time). The offset of the applicable time with respect to UTC is +3: 00.

climate

The climate is temperate continental, relatively cold, frosty in winter and temperate. The average annual temperature is +3.9 ° C. The average temperature in winter is –11 ° C, in summer +18 ° C. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of –11.7 ° C. July is the warmest, its central theme. The absolute temperature maximum is +37 ° C (unusual heat was observed in 2010, the air temperature exceeded +39 ° C) and the absolute temperature minimum was -49 ° C. The average annual rainfall is around 500 mm. Deviation from minimum and constant values ​​up to 180 mm.

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Source: Roshydromet
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Saransk
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −8.3 −6.8 −0.8 10.5 20.2 23.3 24.9 23.6 16.7 7.7 −0.1 −5.5 O 8.9
Min. Temperature (° C) −15.3 −14.3 −8.0 1.3 7.5 11.6 13.6 11.9 6.9 0.8 −5.2 −11.5 O 0
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relief

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The city's relief is determined by its location on the Volga highlands. The average height of the city center is 160 m above sea level [11]. The main residential areas of Saransk are in the altitude range of 125–200 m, the absolute heights reach 230–250 m in the drive divide areas and the geological surroundings of the city are composed of coal, Jura, chalk and Quaternary sediments

history

Saransk grew out of a settlement that was built in 1641 as a fort on the southeastern border of the Russian Tsar . This area was previously predominantly settled by the Finno-Ugric Mordvins people. Accordingly, the place name comes from the Mordovian language , where sara means something like "swamp", which aptly describes the local landscape.

In 1651 the fortress was elevated to a district seat. In 1670 it fell temporarily to the rebels around Stenka Razin , and in the Pugachev peasant uprising a hundred years later, Saransk served the rebels as one of the bases. At that time mainly Cossacks and Strelizos lived on the almost rectangular fortress area .

After the expansion of the tsarist empire up to the 18th century, the city lost its military importance. Since then, trade (mainly in leather, wax products and agricultural products) and smaller industries have developed here. In the 19th century, Saransk was devastated three times by major fires and then rebuilt. In the middle of the 19th century there were about two dozen factories in the city and well over 10,000 inhabitants.

The relocation of the railway line from Moscow to Kazan via Saransk in 1893 increased the importance of the place as a trading city considerably. At the beginning of the 20th century, Saransk was considered one of the centers of the revolutionary movement in the Volga region.

On December 20, 1934, Saransk became the capital of the newly formed Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic . The old town was redesigned in the 1960s and 1970s.

In summer 2018 it was a venue for the soccer world championship .

Population development

year Residents
1897 14,584
1926 15,431
1939 41,146
1959 91.034
1970 190,575
1979 263,337
1989 312.128
2002 304,866
2010 297,415
2011 297,400
2012 297.924
2013 298.287
2014 299.195
2015 302.285
2016 307,698
2017 314,789
2018 318,841

Note: census data

economy

The “Communist Street” in the center of Saransk

Today's Saransk is an important industrial city with machine and wagon construction, metallurgy, building material production, light and food industries. Several research institutes and universities, including the Mordovian State University , are located in the city.

traffic

Saransk is a railway junction and has an international airport (IATA: SKX, ICAO: UWPS), which was expanded in 2017 in connection with the upcoming 2018 World Cup. Saransk is connected to the Russian capital Moscow via a branch of the M5 Ural federal trunk road . In the city it is crossed by the trunk road R158 , which runs between Nizhny Novgorod , Penza and Saratov . The R178 , which connects the city with Ulyanovsk , begins here . The trolleybus network opened in 1966 plays an important role in inner-city public transport .

Attractions

Cathedral and monument to Admiral Ushakov
The Yauschew Theater
  • The Saransk TV broadcasting mast is a 180 m high guyed tubular steel mast built in 1961 for broadcasting VHF and TV programs. It is equipped on two levels with four cross members each with a catwalk, which lead from the mast structure to the guy ropes and also carry antennas.
  • Theodore Cathedral . The cathedral was built in 2006 in Empire style and consecrated by the Patriarch Alexius II. The church building with the 60-meter dome is designed for three thousand parishioners.
  • St. John's Church. The temple is the oldest surviving architectural object in the territory of Mordovia and was declared an architectural monument in the 1960s. The church was built at the end of the 17th century and a bell tower was added 200 years later. Since 1944 it was the only one in the republic.
  • Local museum. One of the oldest museums in Mordovia, founded in 1918 on the initiative of representatives of the local intelligentsia. Its collections are located in several branches.
  • Museum of Mordovian Culture. The museum collection is housed in a 19th century mansion, which is a monument of city architecture. Until the revolution of 1917 this house belonged to the merchant KH Barablin.

Religions

The vast majority of townspeople belong to Russian Orthodox Christianity . This faith is represented by ten churches, cathedrals and monasteries in the city. In August 2012, the construction of the Church of the Apostles, Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius was completed. There is also an old Orthodox church, as well as two Islamic mosques and a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses .

Sports

Important sports facilities in the city include the Republican Palace of Sports, the Ice Palace, the “Mordowia” sports complex and the Leonid Arkaew gymnastics center. The “Start” and “ Mordovia arena ” stadiums are located on the city's territory .

One of the most famous sports clubs in the city is the FK Mordowija Saransk football club , which takes part in the Russian First Division .

In May 2012 the World Walking Championship took place in the city . There is also an ice rink in Saransk, where several finals for the ice speedway world championship have taken place, including as part of the ice speedway world championship Grand Prix. From 2003 to 2010 an annual tennis tournament ATP Challenger Saransk took place in Saransk .

Saransk was one of the venues for the 2018 World Cup . For this purpose, the Mordovia arena ( Mordovia arena) was built. The team "Tambov" played in this stadium for six months after the World Cup.

Sports facilities:

  • "Mordovia Arena" stadium
  • Sports school of the Olympic Reserve of Athletics
  • "Mordowia" sports complex
  • Ice Palace of the Republic of Mordovia
  • Sports Palace
  • Sports facility "Olymp"
  • Sports and entertainment complex "Formula S"
  • Tennis Center of Mordovia
  • Republic of Mordovia ski and biathlon complex
  • "Start" stadium
  • Palace of Water Sports
  • Saransk Stadium

Town twinning

Saransk lists the following twin cities :

sons and daughters of the town

The philosopher, literary and art theorist Mikhail Bakhtin lived (with interruptions) from 1936 to 1961 in Saransk, where he worked at the Mordovian Pedagogical Institute . In 2013 Gérard Depardieu registered a residence here.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
  2. ↑ http://www.regnum.ru/news/society/1462449.html
  3. ↑ http://www.radioscanner.ru/uploader/2006/antsaransk.jpg
  4. ↑ 2018 FIFA World Cup ™ in eleven venues. In: fifa.com. FIFA, September 29, 2012, accessed November 21, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Saransk. In: adm-saransk.ru. Retrieved June 26, 2018 (Russian).
  6. ↑ 'I want to be tsar of Saransk': Depardieu officially-registered Russian resident (VIDEO)

Web links

Commons : Saransk  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Saransk  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Places in the Republic of Mordovia
Administrative center: Saransk
Cities

Ardatow R  | Insar R  | Kowylkino R  | Krasnoslobodsk R  | Ruzayevka R  | Saransk S  | Temnikow R

Urban-type settlements

Atjashevo R  | Jalga  | Jawas  | Kadoschkino R  | Komsomolski  | Luchowka  | Nikolayevka  | Potma  | Subowa Polyana R  | Torbejewo R  | Tschamsinka R  | Turgenewo  | Umjot

Other Rajon centers

Atyuryevo  | Bolshiye Berezniki  | Bolshoye Ignatovo  | Dubjonki  | Jelniki  | Kemlja  | Kochkurovo  | Ljambir  | Romodanowo  | Staroye Schaigowo  | Tengushevo

Notes: S - seat of a city ​​district , R - administrative center of a Rajon