city is located on the river Pyana, in 125 km
to the southeast from Nizhni Novgorod.The population is 22,4 thousand inhabitants. Sergach was founded in 1172. In the vicinities of Sergach in the confluence of a small river Parathere is a place where Pjansky slaughter occurred in summer of 1377. In 1779 on Catherine’s II command the village became a district city, and in 1781 the city of Sergach had an arm with the image of a black bear, meaning that, «that sort of animals is enough in its woods».City history of Sergach