RUSSIA MORDOVIA Rep.

The Republic of Mordovia (Russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, tr. Respublika Mordoviya;  Moksha/Erzya: Мордовия Республикась, Mordovija Respublikaś), also known in English as Mordvinia, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians (53.4%) and Mordvins (40.0%) account for the majority of the population.