Still, the sun and blue sky and reddish-gold light as we drove around Blagoveshchensk struck me as imported, not quite Russian. |
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Founded in 1856 as a fort, Blagoveshchensk has become a major centre of the Russian Far East. |
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By most estimates, 7 of every 10 Blagoveshchensk customers come from across the Amur. |
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From the Zeya we took a detour off the main road in order to see the Amur River and the city of Blagoveshchensk. |
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It is navigable with the most important river ports being Zeya, Svobodny, and Blagoveshchensk. |
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The chief city and administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk. |
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Zeya flows through the Zeya Reservoir and joins the Amur River near Blagoveshchensk, in Russia's Amur Oblast. |
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