Serafimovich (town) explained

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:

History

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.

Administrative and municipal status

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #979-OD