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Amur Oblast is a region in Russia located in the Far East, serving as one of Russia's federal subjects (administrative divisions). It matters as a strategically important area near Russia's borders with China and the Pacific Ocean, playing a significant role in Russia's eastern development and geopolitical presence.
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- Instance of
- federal subject of Russia
- Part of
- Far Eastern Federal District
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Russia
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Blagoveshchensk
- Population
- 750083
- Area
- 361913
- Elevation
- 578
- Head of government
- Vasiliy Orlov
- Shares border with
- Chita Oblast
- Official website
- www.amurobl.ru
- Image
- Bureya Dam.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 28
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Amur Oblast
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Amur Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Amur Oblast
- Commons category
- Amur Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Amur Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Amur Oblast
- inception
- 1932-10-20
- native label
- Амурская область
- language used
- Negidal
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Amur Oblast (/əˈmʊər ˈɒblæst/) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.
The administrative center of the oblast, the city of Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the far east of the country, founded in 1856. It is a traditional center of trade and gold mining. The territory is accessed by two railways: the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal–Amur Mainline. As of the 2021 Census, the oblast's population was 766,912.
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