En Name: | Serafimovich |
Ru Name: | Серафимович |
Coordinates: | 49.5833°N 86°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Volgograd Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Serafimovichsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Serafimovich |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Serafimovichsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Serafimovich |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Serafimovichsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Serafimovich Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Serafimovichsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Serafimovich Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 9368 |
Established Date: | 1589 |
Current Cat Date: | 1933 |
Prev Name1: | Ust-Medveditskaya |
Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимо́вич) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the River Don, 160km (100miles) northwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (Russian: Усть-Медведицкая). In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich, who was born and lived here.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serafimovich serves as the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Serafimovichsky District as the town of district significance of Serafimovich. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Serafimovich is incorporated within Serafimovichsky Municipal District as Serafimovich Urban Settlement.[1]