Meanings
- A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.
The Siberian city of Blagoveshchensk is located over 8,000 kilometres from Moscow, but barely 800 metres from China. The two countries are only separated by the Amur river.
2012 September 28, Ksenia Bolchakova, “Is Siberia becoming Chinese?”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 Oct 20122 more examples
Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River.
[1915 August 24, Charles K. Moser, “Harbin”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52h, →OCLC, page 1The Heilungkiang River which the Russians call the Amur is rather narrower than I had expected it to be, and the old Chinese town of Hailanpao, now the Russian one of Blagoveshchensk, is dominated by a television tower.
1977 November, Rewi Alley, “To Heiho on the Heilungkiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 11, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2Synonyms: Hailanpao
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.
Origin
Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْلَاغُوفِيشْتْشِينْسْك
- بْلَاغُوفِيشْتْشِينْسْك (blaḡufištšinsk)city in Siberia
Bulgarian Благове́шченск
- Благове́шченск (Blagovéščensk)city in Siberia
Chinese Mandarin 布拉戈維申斯克 /布拉戈维申斯克, 海蘭泡 /海兰泡
- 布拉戈維申斯克 /布拉戈维申斯克 (Bùlāgēwéishēnsīkè)city in Siberia
- 海蘭泡 /海兰泡 (Hǎilánpào)city in Siberia
Czech Blagověščensk
- Blagověščenskcity in Siberia
Danish Blagovesjtjensk
- Blagovesjtjenskcity in Siberia
Estonian Blagoveštšensk
- Blagoveštšenskcity in Siberia
Finnish Blagoveštšensk
- Blagoveštšenskcity in Siberia
French Blagovechtchensk
- Blagovechtchenskcity in Siberia
German Blagoweschtschensk
- Blagoweschtschenskcity in Siberia
Hebrew בלאגובשצ׳נסק
- בלאגובשצ׳נסקcity in Siberia
Hindi ब्लागोवेश्चेंस्क
- ब्लागोवेश्चेंस्क (blāgoveścensk)city in Siberia
Japanese ブラゴヴェシチェンスク
- ブラゴヴェシチェンスク (Buragoveshichensuku)city in Siberia
Korean 블라고베셴스크, 하이란파오
- 블라고베셴스크 (Beullagobesyenseukeu)city in Siberia
- 하이란파오 (hairanpao)city in Siberia
- 부스 (buseu)city in Siberia
Latvian Blagoveščenska
- Blagoveščenskacity in Siberia
Lithuanian Blagoveščenskas
- Blagoveščenskascity in Siberia
Polish Błagowieszczeńsk
- Błagowieszczeńskcity in Siberia
Portuguese Blagoveshchensk
- Blagoveshchenskcity in Siberia
Russian Благове́щенск
- Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk)city in Siberia
Slovak Blagoveščensk
- Blagoveščenskcity in Siberia
Spanish Blagovéshchensk
- Blagovéshchenskcity in Siberia
Swedish Blagovesjtjensk
- Blagovesjtjenskcity in Siberia
Ukrainian Благовє́щенськ
- Благовє́щенськ (Blahovjéščensʹk)city in Siberia
Cite this entry
Blagoveshchensk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blagoveshchensk
“Blagoveshchensk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blagoveshchensk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blagoveshchensk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blagoveshchensk.
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