I always pay attention to city branding.

I compare Saransk with Kazan, and the comparison is clearly in favor of Saransk.

Look how cute it is.

The coat of arms with a fox (foxes are everywhere here) + the national pancake pachat.... They have foxes eating pancakes on all the souvenirs ❤️ 🦊

And there's no need to invent strange legends about some Hermitage cats that were supposedly brought from Kazan to St. Petersburg in some year.