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Coordinates: 49°35′N 42°44′E / 49.583, 42.733
Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимович) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, 160 kilometers (99 mi) north-west of Volgograd. Population: 9,800 (2005 est.); 9,939 (2002 Census); 10,040 (1989 Census).
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.
