Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимо́вич) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the River Don, 160 kilometers (99 mi) northwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast.

[8] It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (Усть-Медведицкая).

[citation needed] In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich, who was born and lived here.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serafimovich serves as the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District.

[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Serafimovich is incorporated within Serafimovichsky Municipal District as Serafimovich Urban Settlement.