Saransk

Worth seeing in and around Saransk

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mordovia Arena

   Mordovia Arena is a football stadium in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It hosted FC Mordovia Saransk, prior to their dissolution in 2020 from the Russian Professional Football League, replacing Start Stadium.

   1.2 km · Russian stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov

   The Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Saransk, serving as the cathedral of the Diocese of Saransk.

   200 m · cathedral in Russia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts

   The Mordovian Republican Museum of Visual Arts Named after S.D. Erzya is a museum in the city of Saransk in the Mordovian Republic.

   300 m · art museum in Saransk, Russia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Start Stadium

   Start Stadium was a stadium in Saransk, Russia. It had a capacity of 11,613 spectators and it was the home stadium of FC Mordovia Saransk of the Russian Premier League.

   1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Monastery of John the Evangelist in Makarovka

   The Monastery of John the Evangelist is an active monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located in the village of Makarovka in the urban district of Saransk, Russia.

   5.5 km · Russian Orthodox monastery in Russia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Yaushev State Music Theater

   Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk was inaugurated on 1 September 1935 in Saransk, capital of the Russian Republic of Mordovia with Carl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent. The theatre includes 714 spectator places, 138 crystal lamps, make-up rooms, rehearsal ballet classes, a small hall for creative meetings and chamber concerts, the whole factory with fake and property-rooms shops.

   400 m · opera house in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Museum of Mordovia Folk Culture

   Learn about the histories of the two Mordvin ethnocultural groups, the Erzya and Moksha.

2. 02
   Cathedral of St

   Theodore Ushakov (Собор Святого Феодора Ушакова).

3. 03
   Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts

   Established in 1941.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk
2. 02
   Mordovia Arena

   This new stadium was a surprise choice to host matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

From Wikivoyage: Saransk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Mordovskoye Podvorye, Ulitsa Saranskaya, 21,. Serves authentic Mordovian cuisine. Has a rustic wooden interior. 1000 руб.

From Wikivoyage: Saransk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Saransk

Airports

Saransk (SKX), 7 km · Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino (GOJ), 244 km · Gagarin (GSV), 283 km

Stations

Saransk Airport, 6.8 km · Saransk railway station, 1.4 km

• Nizhny Novgorod → Saransk

  249 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · ₽1,050–1,390
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• Moscow → Saransk

  512 km · quickest by air, 7h 7m · ₽6,420–9,970
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• Saratov → Saransk

  299 km · quickest by air, 4h 42m · ₽5,040–7,830
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