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Blagoveshchensk<\/strong> (Russian for “City of the Annunciation”) is the capital city of the Amur Oblast, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. As of 2025, Blagoveshchensk has a population of 225,453 residents living in its city limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city is located at the confluence point of the Zeya and Amur Rivers. On the opposite side of the Amur River is the Chinese city of Hei-He. Together, the cities of Blagoveshchensk and Hei-He form the largest international metropolitan area between Russia and China. As such, the economy of Blagoveshchensk is dependent on international trade between the countries of China and Russia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City in Eastern Russia on the border with China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-towns-and-cities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsajoething.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500px-Flag_of_Blagoveshchensk.svg_.png?fit=500%2C251&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5994,"url":"https:\/\/itsajoething.com\/?p=5994","url_meta":{"origin":12582,"position":0},"title":"Sergey 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