Blagoveshchensk

[blah-guh-vesh-ensk, -chensk, bluh-guh-vye-shchyinsk]

noun

1. a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Amur River.

Blagoveshchensk

/ bləɡaˈvjeʃtʃɪnsk /

noun

1. a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 42 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar screens as it approached Tynda airport, officials said.

From BBC

Over the weekend, a migrant-owned business was burnt down in the city of Blagoveshchensk in Russia's Far East, while several migrants were beaten up in Kaluga, a city south west of Moscow.

From BBC

A newly-built bridge into Blagoveshchensk from Heihe was celebrated as the symbol of a new era in cross-border trade yet you can observe it for an hour and not see a single vehicle driving in either direction.

From BBC

Local tourists come here to peek into neighbouring Blagoveshchensk, just across the river, but there are not many of them.

From BBC

The five received terms of between six years and three months to six and a half years in the city of Blagoveshchensk, it said in a statement, noting the FSB security service had begin probing the local chapter in 2017.

From Reuters