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BLAGOVYESHCHENSK

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 32 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLAGOVYESHCHENSK , a See also:

town of See also:East See also:Siberia, See also:chief town of the See also: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. See also:long., 610 m. by See also:river above See also:Khabarovsk. 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. There are See also:steam See also:flour-See also:mills and See also:iron-See also:works. It is a centre for See also:tea exported to See also:Russia, See also:cattle brought from TransbaikaIia and See also:Mongolia for the Amur, and for See also:grain.

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