Blagoveshchensk, Republic of Bashkortostan

Blagoveshchensk (Russian Благовещенск, listen / i;? Bashkir Благовещен / Blagoveščen ) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia) with 34 239 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

Blagoveshchensk is located in the southern Uralvorland, about 40 km north of the capital of Republic of Ufa on the Belaya, a left tributary of the Kama. The city is not to be confused with the eponymous capital of the Amur Oblast in the Russian Far East.

Blagoveshchensk is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The village was founded in 1756 with the opening of the copper smelter Blagoveshchensky Sawod and received city rights in 1941.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

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