Serdobsk
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Serdobsk (Russian: Сердобск) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Serdoba River (Don's basin) 111 km south-east of Penza at . Population: 37,738 (2002 Census); 43,518 (1989 Census).
Known since 1699 as Serdobinskaya sloboda (Сердобинская слобода). Since the mid-18th century known as Bolshaya Serdoba (Больша́я Сердоба). It was granted town status and renamed Serdob (Сердоб) in 1780; later the name changed to Serdobsk.