Serov
Serov, city, Sverdlovsk oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the Kakva River, a tributary of the Sosva River. The city developed in the 1890s into the largest pre-Revolutionary ironworking centre in the Ural Mountains, producing rails for the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Today, with a large, full-cycle iron and steel plant, it is the main centre of the northern Urals mining and metallurgical region. Pop. (2006 est.) 98,044.
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Article Title:
Serov
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
19 August 2011
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November 13, 2026