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BLAGOVYESHCHENSK , a See also: town of See also: East See also: Siberia, chief town of the Amur See also: government, on the See also: left See also: bank of the Amur, near its confluence with the Zeya in 50° 15' N. See also: lat. and 127° 38' E. long., 610 m. by See also: river above Khabarovsk
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Founded in 1856, the town had, in 1900, 37,368 inhabitants, and is the seat of the See also: bishop of Amur and See also: Kamchatka
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There are steam See also: flour-mills and iron-See also: works
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It is a centre for See also: tea exported to See also: Russia, cattle brought from TransbaikaIia and See also: Mongolia for the Amur, and for grain
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