Blagovestschensk

Blagovestschensk, or BLAGOVYESCHENSK, capital of the Amur Province of Russian Asia, at the confluence of the Amur and Seja rivers, with some manufactures, an increasing trade, and 20,212 inhabitants. Khabarovka, lower down the Amur, at the confluence of the Ussuri, is the capital of the Maritime Province; and both Blagovestschensk and Khabarovka are on the line of the great Trans-Siberian Railway.