Serdobsk (russian: Сердо́бск) is a

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and the

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of Serdobsky District in

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geo ...

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. Population:

Geography

It is located on the Serdoba River ( Don's basin), southeast of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

Climate

The climate is moderately

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. The winter in Serdobsk is moderately cold and long lasting from the beginning of November to the end of March. The coldest month is February with an average temperature of -9.1 °C. Summer is warm, lasting from late May to early September; the average July temperature is 20.4 °C. The average annual temperature is 5.5 °C. The climate is similar to Moscow, but the continentality is higher and the precipitation lower.

History

Founded by Alexander Aleksandrovich of Penza in 1698, it has been known since 1699 as Serdobinskaya

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(). Since the mid-18th century, it had been called Bolshaya Serdoba (). It was granted town status on 7 November 1780 by

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. In 1865 a wooden church and cemetery was built in the name of

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serdobsk serves as the

of Serdobsky District.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Serdobsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Serdobsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Serdobsk is incorporated within Serdobsky Municipal District as Serdobsk Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

Notable residents

Vsevolod Bazhenov Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (russian: Все́волод Андре́евич Баже́нов; February 18, 1909 – August 2, 1986) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the ''Leningrad branch of U ...

(1909–1986), painter *

Nikolai Ishutin Nikolai Andreyevich Ishutin (russian: Николай Андреевич Ишутин; 3 (15) April 1840 – 5 (17) January 1879) was one of the first Russian utopian socialists, who combined socialist propaganda with conspiratorial and terrori ...

(1840–1879), utopian socialist

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External links

History of Serdobsk Clock Factory, «Majak» {{Authority control Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Serdobsky Uyezd