Blagoveshchensk

//ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk// name

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  1. 1
    A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.

    "Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River."

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hailanpao

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"Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River."

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.

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