Serafimovich
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Serafimovich is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District
of Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Don River
, 160 kilometres (99.4 mi) northwest of Volgograd
. Population:
It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa
of Ust-Medveditskaya . In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich
, who was born and lived here.
Serafimovichsky District
Serafimovichsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the right bank of the Don River
Don River (Russia)
The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
, 160 kilometres (99.4 mi) northwest of Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
of Ust-Medveditskaya . In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich
Alexander Serafimovich
Alexander Serafimovich was a Russian/Soviet writer and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda.-Early life:...
, who was born and lived here.