Blagoveshchensk /ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk/ noun1 •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