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Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China. Full definition →
Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.