Mordovia: sights and attractions

Before you go abroad, you should think about whether you want to visit interesting places in your country? For example, the Republic of Mordovia, whose attractions are described below, can become an excellent place for cultural rest and enjoying nature.

Culture of Mordovia

Modern large museum complexes in the republic are the expositions of the Mordovian united museum of local lore (it also has nine regional branches), the Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts (this institution has three branches), the Temnikovsky Historical and Local History Museum, and the Museum of Combat and Labor and Many others.

The beginning of the last century brought glory around the world to the local sculptor Stepan Dmitrievich Erzya, who became famous for his creativity. His pseudonym is due to the name of one of the Mordvinian nationalities. The importance of his work is recognized by specialists from many countries, and has also become widely known in the republic itself. His creations are trying to promote, because in them he focused on the peculiarities of local culture.

Saransk

The Saransk fortress was built in the middle of the 17th century, where the rivers, called Insara and Saranka, merge, from which the name of the city subsequently began. It survived the era of peasant wars, was besieged and was taken by Stepan Razin and his troops. Already in the XVIII century, the troops included Emelian Pugachev's troops, whom the population met with great honor.

If you have some free time to get acquainted with the sights of Saransk, you need to try to look at, at least, the building of the Nativity-Mother of God monastery, where there is also the grave of Admiral Ushakov.

Temnikov

The city of Temnikov is considered to be the oldest in the Republic of Mordovia. Sightseeing, photos of which you can see below, include the building of the famous museum of local lore, as well as many old buildings that convey the atmosphere of the past centuries. In addition, Temnikov is home to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Also here you can see the exposition of the house-museum of the composer L.I. Voinov.

Mordovian nature reserve

The territory of the Mordovian state nature reserve is located in Temnikovskiy district (Republic of Mordovia). The sights listed in this article can not be illuminated without it. The reserve is located in the vicinity of the village of Pusty. Here you can also see the exposition of the Nature Museum, which includes a large number of samples of flora and fauna of the region, as well as photographs. There is a wooded area in the reserve. Also there live some protected species of animals, including deer, beaver, black storks , etc.

Famous people

The Republic of Mordovia (sights and famous people described in this article) is proud of famous people who grew up and lived on its territory. There is information about the belonging to her Protopope Avvakum, as well as Vasily Klyuchevsky , etc. In addition, it is Mordvin who is considered the legendary commander Vasily Chapaev and singer Lydia Ruslanova.

Among those who live today, we should mention the singer Nadezhda Kadysheva, the model Natalia Vodianova, the artist Nikas Safronov. Speaking of mokshans, it's worth mentioning Nikolai Mordvinov, who was a famous public figure in the 19th century, and also about the hero of the Soviet Union Andrei Kizhevatov, who defended the Brest Fortress during the Great Patriotic War. In addition, Saransk researchers found that Vasily Shukshin also had Mordvinian roots.

Mordvin is the famous hockey player Alexander Ovechkin. Several years ago a famous actor of French origin Gerard Depardieu came to the republic . It was here that he was immediately after he accepted Russian citizenship. The actor was well received by representatives of the authorities and ordinary people in the city of Saransk. The newspapers reported that Depardieu promised to buy real estate in the Republic of Mordovia.