Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk (Russian Благовещенск listen? / I) with 214 390 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) is the largest city in the Russian Amur Oblast and the administrative center.

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Blagoveshchensk is located in the Far East of Russia on the left bank of the Amur River opposite the Chinese city of Heihe, and on the right bank of the Zeya, which here flows from the left in the Amur. The distance to Moscow is on the Trans-Siberian Railroad 7985 km.

Climate

History

Blagoveshchensk is one of the oldest cities in the Russian Far East. The city grew rapidly, especially after the discovery of gold deposits in the northern part of the Amur Oblast. 1856, the Russian military post Ust- Seiski ( Усть - Зейский ) was established on the site of the present city. On 5 ( 17 ) July 1858 Tsar Alexander II gave the adoption to the city founding. The settlement was renamed in Blagoveshchensk, received the city status and was appointed the administrative center of Amur region.

By the end of the 19th century, Blagoveshchensk developed into a major inland port (1859, 56 steamboats entered ) and industrial area ( iron foundry, woodworking industry).

The area of the later Amur region was surveyed in the 1840s. In 1858, the Amur region was established, which belonged to General Amur ( Priamurski ). The entire district was assigned to the army of the Amurkosaken. In 1900 a conflict occurred with China, after all the Chinese Blagoveshchensk had to leave. 1920-22 included the Amur region to the Far Eastern Republic. From 1932 Blagoveshchensk was the center of the Amur region, which was part of the Russian SFSR. After the Second World War there was a significant forced labor camps of the Gulag socialist system.

Demographics

Note: Census data ( except 1913 and 1923)

In the 1989 census 90.9 % of the inhabitants Russians, 4.4% Ukrainians, 0.9% Belarusians, 0.5% Tatars, 0.3% and 0.1% each Buryats were Chuvash and Mordvins.

Economy

Blagoveshchensk is a center of trade and metal processing. Mechanical engineering, wood processing and paper production, light and food industries are other important sectors of the economy. Blagoveshchensk is also a transportation hub, it has a flow and an airport.

Together with Heihe forms Blagoveshchensk a free trade zone.

Education

Blagoveshchensk is home to several further education institutions:

  • Far East State Agrarian University
  • Far Eastern Military Institute
  • State Medical Academy of the Amur region
  • Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University
  • Amur State University
  • State Pedagogical Institute Blagoveshchensk

Culture

In Blagoveshchensk annually is the film festival held at the Amur autumn. The city has a theater (since 1883) and a local history museum (since 1891).

Sports

In Blagoveshchensk regularly take place Eisspeedwayrennen. Mid- February 2014, a Grand Prix as part of the Ice Speedway World Individual Championship.

Cityscape

In the city, many village houses from the late 19th century brick buildings from the early 20th century are still preserved. The outskirts of the city, however, are marked by Soviet prefabricated buildings. In anachronistic contradiction is with new skyscrapers, office buildings and hotels, the visibility of the Chinese city on the other side of the river.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Alexei Dymowski ( born 1977 ), former militiaman, who in 2010 was involved in a media scandal
  • Alexei Hajew (1914-1994), American composer
  • Konstantin Rodsajewski (1907-1946), politician of the Russian Fascist Party
  • Emilia Schuele (* 1992), German actress
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