Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Saransk (Russia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov, Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk, and Mordovian Folk Culture Museum. Also, be sure to include Muzej voennogo i trudovogo podviga in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Saransk (Mordovia).
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Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov
Also known as: Собор Святого Феодора Ушакова
Russian orthodox church in Saransk, Russia. The Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in the Saransk, the Cathedral of the Diocese of Saransk and Mordovia. The cathedral is named for Russian saint and admiral Fyodor Ushakov.[1]
Address: Sovetskaya St., 53, 430000 Saransk
Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk
Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk was inaugurated on September 9, 2011 in Saransk within the International forum Russia — the sports power. The Big symphonic orchestra made a speech at opening ceremony of P.I. Tchaikovsky, directed by Vladimir Fedoseyev. The theatre includes 714 convenient spectator places, 138 crystal lamps, convenient make-up rooms, rehearsal ballet classes, a small hall for creative meetings and chamber concerts, the whole factory with fake and property-rooms shops. The new theatre has a mini-printing house and modern sound recording studio. The light and sound equipment — from the best producers of the USA, Germany, England and Japan, a rotating scene, variable volume of the auditorium.[2]
Mordovian Folk Culture Museum
The Museum of Mordovian Folk Culture is a branch of the S. D. Erzya Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts. It is located in the city of Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia.
The museum was opened on October 6, 1999.
It is located in a building which is a monument of urban architecture of the early 20th century, built before the October Revolution. During the Civil War it housed a mobilization department of the 1st Army (Eastern Front of the Red Army), then the building housed the House of Unions, a hospital, the Supreme Court of Mordovian ASSR, the board of Mordovian branch of Znanie society, the board of Mordovian Writers Union and a scientific-restoration workshop.
The museum funds include more than 3.5 thousand exhibits: Mordovian national clothing, household items, agricultural implements, icons, wooden sculptures, books and photographs. There are several thematic halls, where visitors can see exhibits on seasonal rites of the Mordovian people, Mordovian holidays, wedding customs, everyday life of Mordovian women, life and upbringing of children in a Mordovian village. Exhibitions of works by Mordovian artists and folk crafts are regularly held in the exhibition hall of the museum.
Address: Sovetskaya St., 19, 430000 Saransk
Muzej voennogo i trudovogo podviga
Museum
Address: 42 Советская улица, Saransk
Monastery of John the Evangelist in Makarovka
Also known as: Макаровский Иоанно-Богословский монастырь
Monastery in Makarovka, Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Monastery of John the Evangelist is an active monastery of Russian Orthodox Church. It is located in the village of Makarovka in the urban district of Saransk. The monastery is situated on the territory of the Makarov churchyard, which existed since the beginning of the 18th century. It was founded in 1994. There is the residence of the Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia.[3]
Republican Erzya Museum
Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts is a museum in the city of Saransk in the Mordovian Republic.
Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts holds the world's largest collection of more than 200 works done by the famous sculptor of the 20th century Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia. The museum also contains collection of works of Mordovian folk artists, such as F. Sychkov, and I. Makarov. Both of them, as well as Erzia were born in Mordovia. The museum exhibits collections of all the major art forms: painting, drawing, sculpture. There are also expositions and collections of Russian art of the 18th and 19th centuries and of the modern Russian and Mordovian art as well. In 2002, the museum was classified by the Government of Mordovia as one of the most valuable objects of cultural heritage of Mordovian people.[4]
Address: Kommunisticheskaya St., 61, 430005 Saransk
Muzej A. I. Polezaeva
Museum
Address: 51 Саранская улица, Saransk
Mordovian Local Museum
The Mordovian Republican United Museum of Local Lore, named after I.D. Voronin, is a museum of local history in Saransk, one of the oldest cultural institutions of the Republic of Mordovia.
Address: 48 Московская улица, Saransk
Pamatnik pogibsim v Velikoj Otecestvennoj vojne
Memorial to the soldiers of Mordovia who fell during the Great Patriotic War, a memorial complex on Soviet Square in the city of Saransk.
Pamatnik stratonavtam
A monument to heroes-stratonauts Pavel Fedoseenko, Andrey Vasenko and Ilya Usyskin was erected in the city of Saransk on the square in front of the railway station on January 30, 1963.
In January 1934, Pavel Fedoseenko, Andrey Vasenko and Ilya Usyskin flew the stratostat "Osoaviakhim-1" to an altitude of 22 km. The stratostat was designed by one of the flight participants - A. Vasenko. During the descent of the stratosphere balloon an accident occurred, it collapsed near the village of Potizh-Ostrog in southern Mordovia, and the participants of the flight were killed.
Initially, the monument was planned to be erected on the site of the fall of the stratostat, but then it was decided to erect it in the capital of Mordovia - Saransk. The implementation of the first draft of the monument was prevented by the Great Patriotic War, only in 1957 was the all-union design competition announced again.
The monument is a figure of a young man in an aviation helmet, fluttering jacket, sweater and aviator's boots, set on a high cylindrical pedestal, lined with dark gray labradorite. On the pedestal there are bas-relief portraits of the three Stratonauts and the inscription: "To the heroes-stratonauts". Authors of the monument: sculptor A.A. Pismenny and architect A.N. Dushkin.
Relatives of the Stratonauts came to the opening of the monument: they visited the Republican Museum of Local Lore, shared their memories, and gave the museum personal belongings, photos and documents of the Stratonauts.
Mordovian State University
Also known as: Мордовский государственный университет имени Н. П. Огарёва
University in Saransk, Russia. N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University is located in the city of Saransk in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. The university offers bachelor's and master's degrees in various academic fields.[5]