| Amur Oblast Амурская область | |||||||||
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| Oblast of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1858–1922 | |||||||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Amur_in_Russian_Empire_(1914).svg) Amur Oblast within the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Blagoveshchensk | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 449,500 km2 (173,600 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 120 306 | ||||||||
| • Type | Oblast | ||||||||
| Historical era | 19th century | ||||||||
• Established | 1858 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Russia | ||||||||
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The Amur Oblast with the center in Blagoveshchensk was formed on December 20, 1858 by the Personal Decree No. 33862.[1] By this Decree, on the proposal of the Governor–General of Eastern Siberia and the Siberian Committee, the Amur Region was made up of lands "located on the left bank of the Amur River, starting from the junction of the Shilka and Argun Rivers or from the borders of the Trans–Baikal and Yakutsk Oblasts, along the entire course of the Amur, to the mouth of the river Ussuri and to the new border of the Primorsky Oblast".[2]
- ^ Military Governors of the Amur Oblast. Part II
- ^ Highest Approved Regulation on the Management of the Amur Oblast. Nominal Decree Given to the Senate on December 8, 1858, Published on December 31, No. 33862 // Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire, Collection 2, Volume 33 / Saint Petersburg, 1860 – Pages 452 – 457