Serdobsk
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Serdobsk is a town and the administrative center of Serdobsky District
of Penza Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Serdoba River (Don
's basin
) 111 kilometres (69 mi) southeast of Penza
. Population:
It has been known since 1699 as Serdobinskaya sloboda
. Since the mid-18th century it had been called Bolshaya Serdoba . It was granted town status and renamed Serdob in 1780; later the name changed to Serdobsk.
Serdobsky District
Serdobsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Penza Oblast, Russia....
of Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast
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, 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 Serdoba River (Don
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....
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
) 111 kilometres (69 mi) southeast of Penza
Penza
-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...
. Population:
It has been known since 1699 as Serdobinskaya sloboda
Sloboda
Sloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be vaguely translated as "free settlement"....
. Since the mid-18th century it had been called Bolshaya Serdoba . It was granted town status and renamed Serdob in 1780; later the name changed to Serdobsk.