Blagoveshchensk is located along the Amur River on the Russian China border. Until the end of the 1980s, the entrance to Blagoveshchensk for people from other regions of the USSR was limited, foreigners could not visit it at all.
Blagoveshchensk is 130 km west off Amur Highway R297. It is a 270km detour to visit this city.
The capital of Amur Oblast, Blagoveshchensk is an organised, pretty and clean city with wide roads and lots of parking spaces near attractions.
