Blagoveshchensk (Russian: Благовещенск) is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya Rivers, opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe. Population: 214,397 (2010 Census preliminary results); 219,221 (2002 Census); 205,553 (1989 Census).
The Amur has formed Russia’s border with China since the 1858 Aigun Treaty and 1860 Treaty of Peking.
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