a town of European Russia, capital of a circle in the government and 70 miles N. of Pensa, at the confluence of the Insara and Saranka, in a very fertile country. It is an irregular place, with crooked, ill-paved lanes; and contains numerous churches, a school, and an hospital. Here are salt magazines, and manufactures of soap, sail-cloth, &c. Some trade is carried on. Pop. 5443.