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Amursk (Russian: Амурск) is a town in the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, located on the left bank of the Amur River some 60 km north of Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Population: 47,759 (2002); 25,000 (1968). Capital Khabarovsk Area - total - % water 5th - 788,600 km² - 1. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Russian: Комсомо́льск-на-Аму́ре; often transliterated directly as Komsomolsk-na-Amure) is a city located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the left bank of Amur River. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...


Amursk was founded in 1958. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Vladivostok News :: 40 ambulance doctors resign in Amursk (167 words)
40 ambulance workers simultaneously submitted resignation letters to the city’s administration of Amursk in Khabarovsk region due to non-payment of wages, the Tikhookeanskaya Zvezda reported on Wednesday.
Such actions as their rally at the city’s administration building and letters to the city’s officials and prosecutor’s office failed to change the critical situation, the newspaper wrote.
Amursk ambulance service engages five emergency crews and provides medical aid to the town’s residents and villagers of five nearby settlements.
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