Sergiyev Posad

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A pilgrimage town of 110,000 people in Moscow oblast

Related

Similar words

  • Sergiyev (official name, 1919-1930)
  • Zagorsk, Sagorsk (official name, 1930-1991)

Origin

  • From Russian Се́ргиев Поса́д, suburb of Sergius (after the famous monastery)

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