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Blagoveshchensk: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Blagoveshchensk (Russian (A native or inhabitant of Russia) : Благовещенск) (pop. |
 | | Founded in 1856 as a military outpost, Blagoveshchensk received its current name two years later after the parish church of Annunciation (Blagoveshchenie in Russian). |
 | | Today the two cities form a free-trade zone and it is mainly the cross-border trade that keeps Blagoveshchensk alive. |
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