In the historic district of Saransk, on crossing of streets of Volgograd and Korolenko in 1974, was built Fort stylized with cast-iron guns, and in 1985 for his wall there is a statue of Yemelyan Pugachev. The author of one of a kind monument is a well-known painter and sculptor G. D. Glickman.

The location of the monument to Russian rebel was formerly known as the village Poop. The village became part of the city only in 1958, and in 1774 in aspic meadow near the river Tavla within three days (from 27 to 30 July) - the location of his tent and camp Pugachev's troops.

The capital of Mordovia is closely linked with the name of the leader of the peasant war of the eighteenth century. At the bridge over the river Insar, where on July 27, 1774, the inhabitants of Saransk solemnly met Pugachev, a memorial plaque. A day later – on July 28, on Sovetskaya street (formerly Market) of the great rebel met Archimandrite Saransk with a cross and the gospel, as is also evidenced by the memorial plaque on the house. Particularly revered among historians place is located at Moskovskaya street is a house owned by the widow of Saransk magistrates, where the legends kept the loot and repaired lynching over to noble nobles, the people's advocate. About the stay of Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev in Saransk described in detail in the work "History of the Pugachev rebellion" by A. S. Pushkin.

Incredible tourist interest in recent times to a historical personality has prompted city authorities to combine several attractions in one set and call it "Pugachev place in Saransk".