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Blagoveshchensk (Russian: Благовещенск, IPA: [bləɡɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk], lit. 'City of the Annunciation ') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe.
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Foundation of Blagoveshchensk
The first Russian explorers appeared at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the summer of 1644, when the pioneer Vasily Danilovich Poyarkov and his detachment stayed at this place. In 1653, the explorer Erofei Pavlovich Khabarov decided to build a fortified settlement on this site. But after the signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 (the first treaty between Russia and China under Qing dynasty), the Russians had to leave the left bank of the Amur River. Subsequently, Russia mad...
About 800 meters of the Amur River separate Russian Blagoveshchensk and Chinese Heihe. The capital of Amur Oblast is the only administrative center of Russia located on the very border of the country. There is a visa-free regime between Blagoveshchensk and Heihe. Blagoveshchensk was built up like a Roman military camp: wide, straight streets were p...
The Arc de Triomphe (Triumphal Arch)- one of the symbols of Blagoveshchensk recreated in accordance with archival documents in 2003-2005. The original arch, erected in honor of the visit of Prince Nicholas (future Emperor Nicholas II), was built in 1891. But it was damaged by flooding and dismantled in the 1930s. Krasnoflotskaya Street, 145, near V...
Blagoveshchensk is situated in the Amur Region of Russia’s Far East, about 7,900 kilometers from Moscow. You can reach Blagoveshchensk by air – a flight from Moscow takes about eight hours.
Blagoveshchensk (Russian: Благове́щенск; Bashkir: Благовещен, romanized: Blagoveşçen) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located 42 kilometers (26 mi) north of Ufa on the right bank of the Belaya River. Population: 34,239 (2010 Census); 32,989 (2002 Census); 27,705 (1989 Census).
Blagoveshchensk, city and administrative centre, Amur oblast (province), far eastern Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya rivers. Founded in 1856 as a fort, Blagoveshchensk has become a major centre of the Russian Far East.
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As the administrative center of the Amur Province (since 1932), Blagoveshchensk, whose current population is around 240,000, continues to occupy an important strategic position in the Russian Far...
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