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Saransk

Country:
Russian Federation
State:
Republic of Mordovia
City:
Saransk
Type of Location:
Multiple
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How to Reach

By Air

The city is served by the small Saransk Airport (IATA: SKX, ICAO: UWPS) located to the southeast of downtown.It is served primarily by small regional carriers; the most common aircraft is the An-24.There are regular daily flights to and from Moscow's Domodevdo airport on weekdays.Saransk is also home to the Lyambir air-force base.

By Train

Saransk is a station on the Kuybyshev Railway, and has additional stations serving regional rail lines to Ruzayevka and Krasnyi Uzel.Formerly, Saransk was also served by two daily Penza–Nizhny Novgorod passenger trains, carrying passengers from nearby villages mainly to either Ruzayevka junction station and Penza or to Arzamas and Nizhny Novgorod.

By Bus

The municipal transit system of Saransk consists primarily of a network of bus and trolleybus lines.

By Road

Saransk is located at the intersection of highways in the P-180 ("The entrance to Saransk on the road M-5" Ural ""), P-158 ("Nizhniy Novgorod - Saratov (in Arzamas, Saransk, Issa, Penza) P-178 ("Saransk - Sursky - Ulyanovsk"), R179 ("Saransk - Ruzaevka - Paygarm").From the main road leading to Moscow - the M-5 "Ural" the city is a considerable distance about 180 miles.

Key places to visit
Mordvinian Republican Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of military and labor exploits, Saransk Music Theatre, Saransk Drama Theatre, Saransk Puppet Theatre

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Places to Visit

Mordvinian Republican Museum of Fine Arts

is a museum in the city of Saransk, Republic of Mordovia - research, scientific and educational institution of the Volga.Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts is the holder of the world's largest collection of works of eminent sculptor of the XX century Stepan Dmitrievich Erzya (more than 200 papers).The museum contains collections of works of national artists of Mordovia, the Honoured Art Worker of the RSFSR F. Sychkov and academic portraiture I. K. Makarova.Both of them, as well as SD Erzya, - born in Mordovia.The museum exhibits and collections multiplied all the major art forms: painting, graphics, sculpture.Also exhibited a collection of Russian art XVIII - XIX centuries, the modern domestic, national and decorative arts Mordvinians.In 2002, the Museum of Fine Arts S. Erzya was classified by the Government of RM among the most valuable objects of cultural heritage Mordvin people.Exhibition hall of the museum (street Sovetskaya, 29), built in the mid-1950s by the architect S. A. Levkova.Located next to the Mordovian National Drama Theatre and connected with one-story inset.

Museum of military and labor exploits

is a museum located in the city of Saransk, Mordovia.Is part of the memorial complex of military glory in Victory Square.The museum was opened on 6 May 1995, its founder and first director Alexis Mamaev.The museum building, designed by architects A. Kostin and R. Kananina, their outlines like the contours of the boundaries of Mordovia.Roofing stylized kokoshnik - National Women's headdress. For exterior slabs of granite were used, laid out in bands of black and orange - colors of the St. George ribbon, the symbol of Russia's prowess.The museum funds at the beginning of 2009 totaled 39 986 units of storage.This unique documents and photographs, personal belongings of fighters, weapons, letters from the front, awards received by the natives of Mordovia for exploits in battle, the archives of famous generals.In addition, the exposition includes paintings and sculptures on the military theme, and a large stock of books (more than 4000 books) on the history of the Great Patriotic War.

Saransk Music Theatre

is a theatre in the city of Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia.His repertoire of opera and operetta, ballet performances and musicals.The theater is located in one building with the State Russian Drama Theatre of the Republic of Mordovia, at Sovetskaya Street, 60.The building is rectangular in plan. On the west side of the wall of the theater is almost devoid of decoration, closer to the eastern facade appear pilasters and the main entrance is decorated with a portico with columns of consolidated Tuscan order.The pediment is decorated with sculptural composition: two women holding hands shape (symbolizing the union of Russian and Mordvinian crops) and, kneeling on each side of the Muses Thalia and Melpomene, with theatrical masks in their hands.On the square in front of the theater in the summer of 2002 installed a fountain "Flower", the top three bowls which is made in the form of a stylized flower petal 11. At night, floodlights illuminated fountain.

Saransk Drama Theatre

is a theatre in Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia.His repertoire includes performances of plays by the classics of Russian and foreign drama, as well as contemporary authors.The full official name: State Cultural Institution "State Russian Drama Theatre of the Republic of Mordovia".Located in the same building with the State Musical Theatre named after IM Yausheva.

Saransk Puppet Theatre

The State Puppet Theatre of Mordovia arose from the amateur studio under the guidance of M. Makhotina and LF Makhotina-CASE.The first performances were, "Gosling" N. Gernet, "The Magic Shoe" by G. Matveeva, "Kashtanka" E. Speransky.In 1948 he began working in the theater's first professional director (N. Misiura) and the first professional actors.For many years the theater served as a traveling. Year of second birth of the theater began in 1979 when the theater was his new "home" - a stationary room - a beautiful building with a small (180 seats) and a comfortable auditorium.Since 1969, the theater is the Honored Artist of Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Republic of Mordovia, Vladimir Ivanovich Sidorin.In 1970, V. Ya Kazachenko, at that time chief director, puts the first show for adults "Divine Comedy" (J. Rod), which was very successful with the public of Saransk.

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