1)Saransk is a small town in Russia. There is nothing special. When I come back to Saransk from another city I do not want to live. Terrible architecture hurts the eyes. For example, I can't look at a new post office without tears . 2)In Saransk there is nothing remarkable, an ordinary provincial town that is trying to get better. The only thing that you can accept is a Cathedral which was built near the shopping center, but nevertheless it looks pathetic too. 3)Saransk is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about 630 kilometers east of Moscow. Population: 297,415 (2010 Census). The city has public transportation. It is represented by buses, trolleybuses and private buses. As for the roads, in some places they can be good, others bad. 4)The city is divided into three urban areas: 1) Lenin (104 676]), 2) October (99 552]),3) Proletarian (94 967). In addition, there is an informal division into four major residential areas: Center, Khimmash, Svetotehstroy and Southwest. The downtown is more or less well maintained, but it has terrible architecture. Areas are as in the rest of Russia - full of gray five-story houses. Almost all the people live in these homes. 5)Usually people go for a walk in the Pushkin Park and the central square. In recent years, the Millennium Square gained the popularity . Teenagers love to sit in shopping malls. The city has theaters and museums, but young people prefer to go to nightclubs, cafes, cinemas. The city recently built McDonald's. Now this is the main attraction of the city. 6)Work in the city is different.. Most people work in the budget enterprises. I see a lot of janitors and photographers. The city has several universities and vocational schools. The coolest university in Saransk – N.P. Ogarev's Mordovian State University. There goes the urban elite. People say that there is a good education, I do not know. 7)I would not recommend the city and such cities in Russia to tourists very much. There is nothing special. There are a couple of nice buildings in the center, and that's it. If tourists come, they usually look at the squares and go eat at McDonald's. Life here is boring as well as in other Russian cities. So I think the newcomers are not surprised and quickly become accustomed. It may seem that I say bad things about the city. But this is only my opinion. I love my city and its disadvantages.
Христофо́р Колу́мб (итал. Cristoforo Colombo, исп. Cristóbal Colón, лат. Christophorus Columbus; между 26 августа и 31 октября 1451[1], Генуэзская республика — 20 мая 1506, Вальядолид, Кастилия и Леон) — испанский мореплаватель итальянского происхождения, в 1492 году открывший для европейцев Америку, благодаря снаряжению экспедиций Католическими королями.Колумб первым из достоверно известных путешественников пересёк Атлантический океан в субтропической и тропической полосе северного полушария и первым из европейцев ходил в Карибском море. Он открыл и положил начало исследованию Южной и Центральной Америки, включая их континентальные части и близлежащие архипелаги — Большие Антильские (Куба, Гаити, Ямайка и Пуэрто-Рико), Малые Антильские (от Доминики до Виргинских островов а также Тринидад) и Багамские острова (центральная часть).Первооткрывателем Америки Колумба можно назвать с оговорками, ведь ещё в Средние века на территории Северной Америки бывали европейцы в лице исландских викингов (см. Винланд). Поскольку за пределами Скандинавии сведений об этих походах не было, именно экспедиции Колумба впервые сделали сведения о землях на западе всеобщим достоянием и положили начало колонизации Америки европейцами.Christopher Columbus (Italian. Cristoforo Colombo, Spanish Cristóbal Colón, lat. Christophorus Columbus; between 26 August and 31 October 1451[1], Genoese Republic - may 20, 1506, Valladolid, Castile and león) is a Spanish Navigator of Italian descent, in 1492 opened for Europeans America, thanks to the equipment of expeditions by the Catholic kings. Columbus was the first authentically known travelers across the Atlantic ocean in the subtropical and tropical zone of the Northern hemisphere and the first of the Europeans went to the Caribbean. He opened and began the study of South and Central America, including the continental part and the surrounding archipelagos - Big Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico), the lesser Antilles (Dominica to the virgin Islands and Trinidad) and the Bahamas (the Central part). The discoverer of America Columbus can be called with reservations, because in the Middle ages on the territory of North America was visited by Europeans in the face of Icelandic Vikings (see Vinland). Because outside of Scandinavia information about these trips was, that the expedition of Columbus first made information about the Western lands into the public domain, and marked the beginning of the colonization of America by Europeans.
Христофо́р Колу́мб (итал. Cristoforo Colombo, исп. Cristóbal Colón, лат. Christophorus Columbus; между 26 августа и 31 октября 1451[1], Генуэзская республика — 20 мая 1506, Вальядолид, Кастилия и Леон) — испанский мореплаватель итальянского происхождения, в 1492 году открывший для европейцев Америку, благодаря снаряжению экспедиций Католическими королями.Колумб первым из достоверно известных путешественников пересёк Атлантический океан в субтропической и тропической полосе северного полушария и первым из европейцев ходил в Карибском море. Он открыл и положил начало исследованию Южной и Центральной Америки, включая их континентальные части и близлежащие архипелаги — Большие Антильские (Куба, Гаити, Ямайка и Пуэрто-Рико), Малые Антильские (от Доминики до Виргинских островов а также Тринидад) и Багамские острова (центральная часть).Первооткрывателем Америки Колумба можно назвать с оговорками, ведь ещё в Средние века на территории Северной Америки бывали европейцы в лице исландских викингов (см. Винланд). Поскольку за пределами Скандинавии сведений об этих походах не было, именно экспедиции Колумба впервые сделали сведения о землях на западе всеобщим достоянием и положили начало колонизации Америки европейцами.
2)In Saransk there is nothing remarkable, an ordinary provincial town that is trying to get better. The only thing that you can accept is a Cathedral which was built near the shopping center, but nevertheless it looks pathetic too.
3)Saransk is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about 630 kilometers east of Moscow. Population: 297,415 (2010 Census). The city has public transportation. It is represented by buses, trolleybuses and private buses. As for the roads, in some places they can be good, others bad.
4)The city is divided into three urban areas:
1) Lenin (104 676]), 2) October (99 552]),3) Proletarian (94 967).
In addition, there is an informal division into four major residential areas: Center, Khimmash, Svetotehstroy and Southwest. The downtown is more or less well maintained, but it has terrible architecture. Areas are as in the rest of Russia - full of gray five-story houses. Almost all the people live in these homes.
5)Usually people go for a walk in the Pushkin Park and the central square. In recent years, the Millennium Square gained the popularity . Teenagers love to sit in shopping malls. The city has theaters and museums, but young people prefer to go to nightclubs, cafes, cinemas. The city recently built McDonald's. Now this is the main attraction of the city.
6)Work in the city is different.. Most people work in the budget enterprises. I see a lot of janitors and photographers. The city has several universities and vocational schools. The coolest university in Saransk – N.P. Ogarev's Mordovian State University. There goes the urban elite. People say that there is a good education, I do not know.
7)I would not recommend the city and such cities in Russia to tourists very much. There is nothing special. There are a couple of nice buildings in the center, and that's it. If tourists come, they usually look at the squares and go eat at McDonald's. Life here is boring as well as in other Russian cities. So I think the newcomers are not surprised and quickly become accustomed. It may seem that I say bad things about the city. But this is only my opinion. I love my city and its disadvantages.
Columbus was the first authentically known travelers across the Atlantic ocean in the subtropical and tropical zone of the Northern hemisphere and the first of the Europeans went to the Caribbean. He opened and began the study of South and Central America, including the continental part and the surrounding archipelagos - Big Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico), the lesser Antilles (Dominica to the virgin Islands and Trinidad) and the Bahamas (the Central part).
The discoverer of America Columbus can be called with reservations, because in the Middle ages on the territory of North America was visited by Europeans in the face of Icelandic Vikings (see Vinland). Because outside of Scandinavia information about these trips was, that the expedition of Columbus first made information about the Western lands into the public domain, and marked the beginning of the colonization of America by Europeans.
Христофо́р Колу́мб (итал. Cristoforo Colombo, исп. Cristóbal Colón, лат. Christophorus Columbus; между 26 августа и 31 октября 1451[1], Генуэзская республика — 20 мая 1506, Вальядолид, Кастилия и Леон) — испанский мореплаватель итальянского происхождения, в 1492 году открывший для европейцев Америку, благодаря снаряжению экспедиций Католическими королями.Колумб первым из достоверно известных путешественников пересёк Атлантический океан в субтропической и тропической полосе северного полушария и первым из европейцев ходил в Карибском море. Он открыл и положил начало исследованию Южной и Центральной Америки, включая их континентальные части и близлежащие архипелаги — Большие Антильские (Куба, Гаити, Ямайка и Пуэрто-Рико), Малые Антильские (от Доминики до Виргинских островов а также Тринидад) и Багамские острова (центральная часть).Первооткрывателем Америки Колумба можно назвать с оговорками, ведь ещё в Средние века на территории Северной Америки бывали европейцы в лице исландских викингов (см. Винланд). Поскольку за пределами Скандинавии сведений об этих походах не было, именно экспедиции Колумба впервые сделали сведения о землях на западе всеобщим достоянием и положили начало колонизации Америки европейцами.