What is "mordovia"

The Republic of Mordovia (; Moksha/ Erzya: Мордовия Республикась, Mordovija Respublikaś), also known in English as Mordvinia, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians (53.4%) and Mordvins (40.0%) account for the majority of the population.

Mordovia may refer to:

• Republic of Mordovia, a federal subject of Russia
• Mordovian Okrug (1928–1930), an administrative division of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
• Mordovian Autonomous Oblast (1930–1934), an administrative division of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
• Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1934–1994), an administrative division of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union