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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, 160 kilometers (99 mi) northwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 9,368 (2010 Census); 9,939 (2002 Census); 10,040 (1989 Soviet census).




History


It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (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.




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Волгоградская областная Дума. Закон №979-ОД от 24 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении статусом Серафимовичского района и муниципальных образований в его составе», в ред. Закона №67-ОД от 4 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Волгоградской области по вопросам исключения из учётных данных отдельных населённых пунктов Волгоградской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волгоградская правда", №3, №147 (уточнение), 12 января 2005 г., 11 августа 2005 г. (Volgograd Oblast Duma. Law #979-OD of December 24, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and Granting the Status to Serafimovichsky District and the Municipal Formations Comprising It, as amended by the Law #67-OD of July 4, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of Volgograd Oblast Due to the Exclusion from the Registries of Several Inhabited Localities of Volgograd Oblast. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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