Blagoveshchensk (Russian: Благовещенск) (pop. 221,900 in 2001) is a city in Russia, capital of the Amur Oblast in the Far East of the country, 7985 km east of Moscow, at 50°22′N 127°31′E. In the Chinese language, the city is also known as 海兰泡 (Hailanpao). The Amur Oblast (Амурская область, Amurskaya oblast) (363,700 km², pop. ... 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). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: â–¶(?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ...

The city lies 110 km off the Trans-Siberian railroad on the left bank of the Amur river, which has formed Russia's border with China since the 1858 Aigun Treaty and 1860 Treaty of Peking. The area north of the Amur had previously belonged to imperial China (see Nerchinsk Treaty). The site where Blagoveshchensk now stands was and is known in China as Hailanpao (海兰泡). Trans-Siberian line in red; Baikal Amur Mainline in green. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江, Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江, HÄ“ilóng Jiāng, or Black Dragon River; Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the world’s ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of China. ... The Treaty of Aigun was signed by Russia and the Qing Empire on May 28, 1858 in the Manchurian town of Aigun. ... The Convention of Peking (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Qing Government of China and the British Empire, and between China and France, and China and Russia. ... Nerchinsk Treaty was the first treaty between Russia and China. ...

Founded in 1856 as a military outpost, Blagoveshchensk received its current name two years later after the parish church of Annunciation (Blagoveshchenie in Russian). The city's growth was fuelled by a gold rush early in the 20th century and by its position on the Chinese border, less than a kilometre across from the city of Heihe. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Heihe (黑河; pinyin: Hēihé; Black River) is a city in Heilongjiang, China. ...

In the course of the Boxer Rebellion Chinese insurgents shelled the city in July, 1900. According to the Orthodox tradition, the city was saved by a miraculous icon of Our Lady of Alabazin, which was prayed to continuously during the shelling which lasted almost two weeks. In those days, the police aided by Cossacks, decided to drive the entire ethnic Chinese community, from the Russian bank of the Amur river over to the Chinese side. Civilians were driven into the river at gunpoint and many of them drowned. In total about 3000 people died. Boxer forces, 1900 photograph The Boxer Uprising (Traditional: 義和團起義; Simplified: 义和团起义; Hanyu Pinyin: ; The Righteous and Harmonious Fists) was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, from November 1899 to September 7, 1901. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... The Savior (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek , eikon, image) is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the monitor...

During the Cultural revolution the city was subject to the Maoist propaganda blasted from loudspeakers across the river 24 hours a day. Today the two cities form a free-trade zone and it is mainly the cross-border trade that keeps Blagoveshchensk alive. A poster during the Cultural Revolution. ... Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛澤東思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), also called Marxism-Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM), is a variant of communism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ...