Saransk iri mumujyi wa kera cyane, uherereye mukarere ka lungwe. Byongeye kandi, ni umurwa mukuru wa Mordovia. Yashinzwe mu 1641, mbere nk'igihome cya gisirikare, cyari mu murongo uhagaze, kuva kuri Belgorod kuri Simbirsk ubwe. Ariko mubyukuri imiterere yumujyi nkuko Saransk yakiriye muri 1780 gusa.
Igihome, cyatanze intangiriro yuyu mujyi mwiza, yitwaga Saransky ostrog. Yari iherereye ku nkombe z'umugezi w'ihohoterwa kandi icyarimwe ku munwa wa Locker. Kuva ku izina ry'uru ruzi n'izina ry'ibihome, nyuma imigi ibaye umurwa mukuru wa Repubulika ya Mordoviya. Mu 1982, hashyizweho urwibutso rw'amatabagirana muri Saransk, rweguriwe abashinze igihome aho umunara wa cumi na karindwi.
Mu mwaka wa 2006, Katedrali yubatswe muri Saransk, yeguriwe icyubahiro cya Fyuma Ushakov - Ikirusiya cy'Uburusiya, kitaratakaza urugamba mu buzima bwe. Mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya makumyabiri na rimwe, yanduzaga nagatangwa kandi ahitamo nk'uruhande rw'ahantu. Imiterere yubwubatsi mugihe cyo kubaka katedrali yatoranijwe kwihutirwa, birasa cyane. Imbere ni iconasis ikozwe mu giti.
Muri Saransk, ugomba rwose gusura inzu ndangamurage yubuhanzi bwiza bwitiriwe S.d. Eris. Yerekana imirimo myiza y'abahanzi ba Mordoviya ndetse n'ibisigazwa by'Uburusiya, ndetse n'ibiremwa bigezweho by'ubuhanzi bwo gushushanya no kubeshya. Muri rusange, iyi nzu ndangamurage ifatwa nk'ubutunzi bwumuco nubutunzi bwigihugu kubantu ba Mordoviya.
Nta nyungu nke ningengo yingoro yibanze yumujyi wa Saransk, izina rya Ivan Dmitrievich Voronich - Umwanya rusange, umwanditsi numushinje amateka yubumenyi muri Mordovia. Inzu ndangamurage ikubiyemo ibisigisigi byihariye byamateka, ibitabo, nusmastimat, rarnografiya, intwaro, ibintu byitorero, urugo, amasaha, ibikoresho, ibicurane, ibishusho. Ubutunzi bwibiceri bya feza bwikinyejana cya cumi na kane na cumi na gatanu bufatwa nkubwibone budasanzwe bwingoro ndangamurage.
Mu 1995, inzu ndangamurage y'urwibutso yagejeje mu ngabo z'abakozi n'umurimo abantu bacu bakinguye isabukuru y'imyaka myinshi intsinzi ikomeye muri Saransk. Iyi nzu ndangamurage ikubiyemo amazu menshi hamwe nicyubahiro - icyubahiro, umuyobozi, "imihanda yimbere yaka", kandi "Gukomeza ibisekuru". Hariho ibitabo byinshi byeguriwe ibyo bya gisirikare, amabaruwa nyayo avuye imbere nibishushanyo by'abasirikare, intwaro, ibihembo n'ibihembo n'ibihembo byawe bwite.
Mu 2006, muri Saransk kuri katedrali, umukurambere uzwi Nikonama yashinzwe mu Burusiya, yatangiye intangiriro yo kugabanywa kw'abakristo. Yahawe icyubahiro kinini kubera icyifuzo cye cyo kuyobora Iteka mu Itorero rya orotodogisi ry'Uburusiya, kubera ko Umwuka n'Umwuka n'ubukuru bw'umwuka ndetse no gushaka gukora mu izina ry'abantu no kwizera.
Undi Urwibutso rwinshi rwashinzwe muri Saransk mu 1985. Yitangiye umuntu uzwi cyane nka Emelyan Pugachev, wasuye uyu mujyi mu 1774. Tugomba kuvugwa ko abatuye umujyi baramwera noneho babikesheje kandi bafite icyubahiro kinini nkumwami wukuri Peter waii.
Ntabwo bitangaje, ariko ikimenyetso cyumujyi wa Saransk ni Fox. Iyi nyamaswa nziza igereranwa ku nkombe y'intwaro no ku ibendera ry'umujyi. No mu 2009, abategetsi b'imijyi bamujije "umusoro" mwiza - wubatse parike ensethd yitwa "ikiraro cya lysis". Abatuye umujyi bararebera bemeza ko niba ufite icyifuzo kandi ugasiba izuru rya chanterelles, rwose bizasohora.