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Serpukhov is at the centre of the Serpukhov Urban District which in turn lies at the heart of the Serpukhov metropolitan area with a population of more than 260,000 inhabitants. In the 14th and early 15th centuries, Serpukhov was the capital of the principality.
Serpukhov, city, Moscow oblast (region), western Russia, on the Nara River at its confluence with the Oka. Founded in 1374 as a stronghold protecting Moscow from attack by the Tatars, who sacked it in 1382 and 1408, modern Serpukhov is a major textile (cotton and artificial silk) city; engineering.
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Serpukhov (syĕr´pŏŏkhəf), city (1989 pop. 143,600), central European Russia, on the Oka River. It is an important textile center. A fortress town since 1339, it retains a stone kremlin (16th cent.), the Church of St. Gregory and St. Dmitri (16th cent.), and the Vysotsk monastery (17th cent.).
Serpukhov’s history is rich in important events: the training manoeuvres of Dmitriy Donskoy’s army took place in Serpukhov before he went to meet the Tatar Horde on Kulikovo Field. In Serpukhov, Ivan the Terrible surveyed his military forces.
Serpukhovian Stage, third of three internationally defined stages of the Mississippian Subsystem of the Carboniferous System, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Serpukhovian Age (330.9 million to 323.2 million years ago). The Serpukhovian is the shortest of the Carboniferous stages.
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Serpukhov (Russian: Серпухов) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. In 2010, 127,041 people lived there.
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Serpukhov Travel Guide. 1. History. 2. Attractions. 3. Unusual sculptures. Serpukhov, Russia is famous for being the oldest city in Moscow Region and a former fortification of Moscow Principality. The city's name was inspired by its location along the picturesque Serpeyka River, a branch of the Nara and Oka Rivers.
