'''Amur Oblast''' is a region in Southeastern Russia roughly the size of Japan with less than 1% Japan's population. It borders Chita Oblast to the west, Yakutia to the north, Khabarovsk Krai to the east, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast to the southeast, and China to the south.
Regions
Cities
Blagoveshchensk — One of the oldest cities of the Russian Far east, who's 19th century buildings were recently restored, and the regional capital; on the Chinese border
Belogorsk
Skovorodino
Svobodny
Tynda — the only town of any size in northwestern Amur Oblast
Zeya
Other destinations
Khingansky Nature Reserve
Zeysky Nature Reserve
Understand
Amur Oblast is of special economic importance, being home to the mainstay of Far Eastern Russia's water supply and vast gold and other mineral deposits.
Talk
See Russian phrasebook.
Get in
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the main road by which most travelers visit Amur Oblast. The mainline stops at Skovorodino, Belogorsk, and Svobodny. Blagoveshchensk is served by a spoke from Belogorsk; Tynda by a spoke from Skovorodino and by the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
Get around
See
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Do
Eat
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Stay safe
Get out
The next major stop to the east on the Trans-Siberian Railway is Birobidzhan; to the west, Chita.