| Blagoveschensk, one of the oldest cities of the Far East, is the business and
administrative centre, a large city on the Amur river, the centre of gold-mining
and agriculture of the Amur region, the port and the centre of Amursk
navigation. The national traditions and the culture were carefully kept and
transmited in Blagoveschensk. There are the Museum of Local Lore (1891), the
Drama Theatre (1883) in Blagoveschensk.
Although Blagoveschensk (population 220,000) is one of the least accessible and
therefore least visited major cities, it is a singularly attractive city and one
of the oldest in the Russian Far East. The city lies on a flat riverbank,
separated by a kilometer of river from the modern Chinese city of Hei-Hei. The
city is strikingly clean; its many ornate 19th century buildings were repaired
during its recent 140th anniversary celebration.
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