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