Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 32. A suburb of Blagovestchensk looking down onthe River Zeya. Blagovestchensk is the scat of the Government of the Russian AmurProvince and is located on the left bank of the Amur near the mouth of theZeja. The town was founded by the famous Aluravief Amurski in ISof) andis the oldest of the Far Eastern Russian cities. With a railway connecting itwith the main line of the Amur Railway, and facing across the river theflourishing Chinese town of Heiho (SjVSJ), Blagovestchensk occupies a veryimportant place in Siberian commerce. Pop. 5(),()0(). — 316 33 1 ^^ • li
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 32. A suburb of Blagovestchensk looking down onthe River Zeya. Blagovestchensk is the scat of the Government of the Russian AmurProvince and is located on the left bank of the Amur near the mouth of theZeja. The town was founded by the famous Aluravief Amurski in ISof) andis the oldest of the Far Eastern Russian cities. With a railway connecting itwith the main line of the Amur Railway, and facing across the river theflourishing Chinese town of Heiho (SjVSJ), Blagovestchensk occupies a veryimportant place in Siberian commerce. Pop. 5(),()0(). — 316 33 1 ^^ • li ^??flj^E^^^^^^^^ ^M ** ^ pll^ ^^^^H^^H ^. 33. Temporary Office of the Bank of Chosen at Chita i?fl K m it -^ t m .H %^. Chita is the political antlcommercial centre of ZabaikalDistrict. Prior to the openinp;of the railway it was but asmall hamlet. Owing ho\vcYerto its excellent location on thepoint of intersection of theAmur and the railroad, ithas since grown up to l)e afine cit\ with a population 34. Staff of the same office andJapanese officers. —(THE END)- :/c :^ jK jH A A i,=. i,. -t- + EP EP ge n n (Cil ffiil If z- ~t- Wf ^ ^ ^ U H» Ep 4i * « « « M^ rr «il ll -? j|: m ^ r^ m!: >• *^ /-^ ft [a. ^ wrw ii^ .^W Wf ^ - (^ 1 ^r ^_/ #S S » ifrtifi 7J^ifi tj^ it& UnWersity ot ^^^^^^SOUTHERN BEGO^^^ CA 90024-1388405 HUgard A-«|^°feriSuo the library
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