Mordoviya
geographical name
Mor·do·vi·ya (ˌ)mȯr-ˈdō-vē-ə 
variants or Mordvinia
mȯrd-ˈvi-nē-ə
or Mordovia (ˌ)mȯr-ˈdō-vē-ə
or Mordovian Republic (ˌ)mȯr-ˈdō-vē-ən
autonomous republic of central Russia in Europe south and west of the middle Volga River; capital Saransk area 10,116 square miles (26,200 square kilometers), population 834,755