Serpukhov

Serpukhov
/serr"peuh kawf', -kof'/; Russ. /syerdd"pooh kheuhf/, n.
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow. 140,000.

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Russia
also spelled  Serpuchov 

      city, Moscow oblast (province), 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 (Tatar), who sacked it in 1382 and 1408, modern Serpukhov is a major textile (cotton and artificial silk) city; engineering is also important. Pop. (1991 est.) 141,200.

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