TOURIST RESOURCES OF THE PILGRIMAGE AND RELIGIOUS CLUSTER "SARANSK-TEMNIKOV-SANAKSAR"
Tourist resources act as the core around which tourist clusters are formed. They are the motivating motive that causes the population to desire to make tourist trips. Therefore, they play a leading role in the formation of tourist clusters. The presence of attractive natural tourist resources reduces the cost of creating clusters, while the creation of artificial attractions requires large investments. The route from Saransk to Temnikov forms the tourist framework of the republic, which accounts for a significant part of its tourist flows. In this regard, the subject of the study is tourist resources, and the purpose of the article is to characterize the tourist resources that are the basis for the design of the pilgrimage and religious cluster «Saransk-Temnikov-Sanaksar».