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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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Облучье
- Region
- Еврейская автономная область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,831
- Timezone
- Asia/Vladivostok
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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
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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)
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obluchye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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