Mordovia (New Union)

The Republic of Mordovia (Russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, tr. Respublika Mordoviya), also known in English as Mordvinia, is a federal subject of the Soviet Union (a republic). Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Mordvins and Russians account for the majority of the population.