Serpeysk
Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Serpeysk (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a selo in Meshchovsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Serpeyka River.
The locality has a canting arms, depicting two sickles, with Template:Langx, Template:Langx meaning sickle.
History
It was first noted in 1406 as a military fort of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on its border with Muscovy. Later on, it was annexed to Muscovy by Ivan III of Russia, then recaptured by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,[1] and eventually incorporated into Muscovite Russia after the signing of Treaty of Polyanovka which marked the end of the Smolensk War in 1634. Once stripped of its garrison, the town dwindled into oblivion and became of supernumerary town category. The oldest surviving buildings are two churches, one dating from 1771 and the other constructed in the 1780s. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 1,818.[1] In October 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, the fascist occupiers seized the town and held it until the town was liberated by the Bolshevik Army in January 1942.
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