Amur Region

Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation

The Amur Region is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Far Eastern Federal District, the area is 361.9 thousand km ².

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Federal authorities

Territorial branches of federal authorities:

• Prosecutor's Office of the Amur Region
• Office of the Judicial Department in the Amur Region
• Department of the Federal Treasury for the Amur Region
• Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Amur Region
• Far Eastern Department of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision
• Interregional Territorial Administration of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport in the Far Eastern Federal District
• Branch of the FIU in the Amur Region
• Amur Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring - branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Far Eastern Department for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring"
• Notary Chamber of the Amur Region

Government

Main article: Government of the Amur Region

Settlements

• Administration of the city of Blagoveshchensk

• Administration of Blagoveshchensk district
• Administration of Magdagachinsky district
• Administration of Skovorodinsky district
  • Financial Management

Transport

Airport

• Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amur

Water transport

• Amur Shipping Company JSC

Vostochny cosmodrome

Main article: Vostochny Kosmodrom

Digitalization

Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Amur Region

• GBU JSC "Center for Information Technologies of the Amur Region"
• GAU JSC "Multifunctional Center for the Provision of State and Municipal Services of the Amur Region"

• IT companies in Blagoveshchensk

Power

• Blagoveshchenskaya CHPP
• Bureyskaya HPP
• Zeyskaya HPP

Education

Ministry of Education and Science of the Amur Region

UNIVERSITIES of the Amur Region

• Amur State Medical Academy
• Moscow Academy of Entrepreneurship under the Government of Moscow - branch in Blagoveshchensk

Colleges and organizations of DPO

• GPOAU "Amur Agrarian College"

Tourism

2024: The flow of foreign tourists reached 136 thousand people

At the end of January 2025, the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov said that in 2024 the flow of foreign tourists to the region amounted to 136 thousand people, exceeding the dock-like (we are talking about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic) indicators. He clarified that over the year about 700 thousand foreign citizens passed through the border, of which 136 thousand were tourists. Orlov also noted that the new cable car to China will transport more than 2 million people annually, and the declared tourist potential of the region has not yet been exhausted.

Health care

Ministry of Health of the Amur Region

Clinics

Medical centers

• GBUZ JSC "Amursky Medical Information and Analytical Center"

Clinics

• GBUZ JSC "Amur Regional TB Dispensary"

Policlinics

• GAUZ JSC "City Polyclinic No. 1"

Blagoveshchensk organizations

• Organizations in Blagoveshchensk
• IT companies in Blagoveshchensk

History

1909

Type of elderly peasant (Old Believer), Amur Region of the Russian Empire, Amur Uyezd, Bardagon village, Surveys of the ​Zei​ River, 1907-1909.

1858: Accession of the region to Russia under the Aigun Treaty

Territories that departed to Russia under the Aigun Treaty of 1858 and the Beijing Treaty of 1860

200 BC: Evenki