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Blagoveshchensk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 50 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.3167 decimal degrees |
Long: 127 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 127.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Amur & Zeja rivers; was major center of Soviet Far East; scene of Russo-Japanese conflict 1937; base for Russian attacks on Manchuria during WW II; industries include food-processing, electrical equipment & gold-mining machinery. |
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Blagoveshchensk (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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Blagoveščensk (C,V)
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Blagovyeshchensk (C,U)
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Blagowjeschtschensk (C,U)
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Hailanpao (C,U,Chinese-P)
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Благовещенск (C,U,Russian)
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海兰泡 (C,U,Chinese)
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Ust Zeisk (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fort in 1856 |
city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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timber center (C) |
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