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Mordovia / Russia

The Republic of Mordovia is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians and Mordvins account for the majority of the population.

Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts

Mordovia / Russia

Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts is a museum in the Saransk city in Mordovian Republic. Mordovian Erzia Museum of Visual Arts holds the world's largest collection of more than 200 works done by the famous sculptor of the 20th century Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia. The museum also contains collection of works of Mordovian folk artists, such as F. Sychkov, and I. Makarov. Both of them, as well as Erzia were born in Mordovia. The museum exhibits collections of all the major art forms: painting, drawing, sculpture. There are also expositions and collections of Russian art of the 18th and 19th centuries and of the modern Russian and Mordovian art as well. In 2002, the museum was classified by the Government of Mordovia as one of the most valuable objects of cultural heritage of Mordovian people.