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Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World’s Most Unusual Conurbation?

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World's Most Unusual Conurbation?

Map and graphic created by reddit user bellingo

At 2,824 kilometres, the Amur River (known in China as the Heilong Jiang or “Black Dragon River”) is the 10th longest in the world. For much of its length it forms the border between Russia and China.

At its confluence with the Zeya are two cities of roughly equal size which face each other across the Amur, less than 600 metres apart.

These are the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, administrative capital of the Amur region, and the Chinese city of Heihe in Heilongjiang province.

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Filed Under: Asia, Russia

Population Change in the Former Soviet Republics Between 1989 & 2018

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 15 Comments

Population Change in the Former Soviet Republics Between 1989 & 2018

Map found via reddit user Lucky13R

This map tells a dramatic story of change in the population of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union between 1989 (before the breakup of the USSR) and 2018.

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Filed Under: Russia

Map of The Soviet Gulag Archipelago 1923-1961

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 1 Comment

Map of The Soviet Gulag Archipelago 1923-1961

Map created by Antonu via Wikimedia

The map above, shows the locations of the Soviet Union’s Gulag forced labour camps, that existed between 1923 and 1961. This system has also become known as the Gulag Archipelago based on the title of the book written by Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Soviet


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