Obluchye

town in Russia

AI overview

Obluchye is a small town located in the Amur Oblast region of far eastern Russia. While specific details about its significance are limited, it represents one of Russia's remote settlements in a strategically important but sparsely populated area.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Weather now

cached 5h ago

26°overcast clouds

44% 4.4 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality: Облучье
Region: Еврейская автономная область
Country: Россия
Population: 7,831
Timezone: Asia/Vladivostok

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Country: Russia
Federal subject: Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Administrative district: Obluchensky District
Elevation: 270 m (890 ft)
Total: 9,379
Estimate 2023: 7,831 ( −16.5% )
Capital of: Obluchensky District
Municipal district: Obluchensky Municipal District
Urban settlement: Obluchenskoye Urban Settlement
Time zone: UTC+10 ( MSK+7 )
Postal codes: 679100, 679102, 679104, 679109
Dialing code: +7 42666

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name: Облучье
Population: 7831
Area: 28
Elevation: 270
Image: Obluch'e.jpg
Dialing code: 42666

Show 5 more facts

inception: 1911-01-01
postal code: 679100
native label: Облучье
Commons category: Obluchye, Jewish Autonomous Oblast
P12749: October 19

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

Travel guide

Understand

Founded in 1911 by builders of Amur Railway on the curve of Trans-Siberian Railway it derives its name from "obluchok", a front plank of Russian sledge, where the coach usually sits. The town is surrounded by mountains from three sides that makes the climate less harsh. The river Hingan divides the town in two uneven parts.

Get in

By train or by minibus from Birobidzhan.

Eat

A couple of summer cafes and a Soviet-style eatery for railwaymen, where tourists also can enter.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~3 min read

Article

Obluchye (Russian: Облу́чье, Yiddish: אָבלוטשיע, romanized: oblutshye) is a town and the administrative center of Obluchensky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Khingan River, 159 kilometers (99 mi) west of Birobidzhan, the administrative center of the autonomous oblast. Population: 7,959 (2021 census); 9,379 (2010 census); 11,069 (2002 census); 12,016 (1989 Soviet census).

History