Some information about city.

Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located шт the Volga basin and the  confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, roughly 630 kilometers (390 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 297,415 people (2010 Census).  Ethnic Russians form the majority of the population (about 85%), and Russian, rather than any of two co-official Mordovic languages, is the common language of communication in the city. Saransk has three Orthodox Churches and also a small Lutheran Church provided by the Finnish Lutheran Church and opened in 2005. One There are also three Mosques. The main cathedral in Saransk is Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov, which was completed in 2006.The city has a large number of buildings remaining from the 17th and 18th centuries; however, many parts of the town are dominated by Soviet era apartment blocks, dating mainly from the 1960s, similar to other provincial towns which expanded rapidly due to fast industrialization. These buildings are nearing the end of their service life and are in need of serious repair and, in many cases, replacement. Industrial enterprises are mainly located to the north of the town center. The eastern part of Saransk, located east of the Insar River, is Posop. An interesting detail is the Soviet era military base, belonging to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is located along the railway lines and serves of a time when Saransk was, effectively, a closed city.The municipal transit system of Saransk consists primarily of a network of bus and trolleybus lines (information from wikipedia).

Saransk is the city of the sport. There are a lot of stadiums, sport complexes, swimming pools, tennis courts and etc. Saransk is motherland of Olympic champions: Alexei Mishin, Olga Kaniskina, Alexander Zubkov and oher.

The Head of the Republic of Mordovia is Volkov Vladimir. Yhe mayor of Saransk is Tultaev Petr. All oficial information of Saransk you can find on website http://adm-saransk.ru and http://www.e-mordovia.ru

The coat of arms: