View source for Saransk

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|country = Russia
|map = <map lat='54.1838' lng='45.1749' zoom='9' view='0' />
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|state = Mordovia
|motorways = [[R158]], [[R178]], [[R180]], [[M5]]
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'''Saransk''' (Russian: Саранск) is a major city in the Middle Volga region of [[Russia]]. It is the administrative center of the republic of [[Mordovia]].

== Hitchhiking out ==
=== South towards [[Penza]] and [[Saratov]] via [[R158]] ===
* Buses No. 103 and 37 to the stop "Zem. kadastraya palata", then walk north to the junction.
* Buses No. 28K and 28T to the stop "Televizionny zavod". Return to Lyambirskoye highway and walk north to the junction.
* By suburban train to the station ''Ruzayevka'', then walk to the police checkpoint at the exit from Ruzayevka.

=== North towards [[Arzamas]] and [[Nizhny Novgorod]] via [[R158]] ===
* Bus No. 103 to the final stop "Lyambir". Walk along Sportivnaya street to the intersection with the highway.

=== East towards [[Surskoye]] and [[Ulyanovsk]] via [[R178]] ===
* Police checkpoint near the village of Ozerny. Buses No. 16 and No. 30 turn into the village; you can ask to stop at the checkpoint, or exit the village on foot back to the highway. Bus No. 1 has its final stop at "Bolnitsa No.5", before reaching Ozerny.

=== Southeast towards the village of [[Kochkurovo]] via "Kochkurovskaya highway" ===
* Buses No. 133 and 139 go to the village Kochkurovo; at the exit from the village is the stop "Sovetskaya".

=== West towards [[Krasnoslobodsk]] and the "Ural" highway ([[M5]]) via [[R180]] ===
* Police checkpoint at the fork near the village of Penzyatka. It's better to hitchhike from the northern junction. See exit to Arzamas.

== Hitchhiking in ==
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== Places to avoid ==

== Accommodation and Sleep ==
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== Other useful info ==

[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Mordovia]]
{{IsIn|Mordovia}}