Belogorsk, Amur Oblast
| Belogorsk (English) Белогорск (Russian) |
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 Belogorsk railway station |
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| Administrative status (as of November 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Belogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Belogorsk Urban Okrug,Belogorsky District |
| Municipal status (as of January 2005) | |
| Urban okrug | Belogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Belogorsk Urban Okrug, Belogorsky Municipal District |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 68,249 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 229th |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Town status since | 1926 |
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Alexandrovskoye (until 1926), Alexandrovsk (until 1931), Krasnopartizansk (until 1935), Kuybyshevka Vostochnaya (until 1957) |
| Postal code(s) | 676805, 676845, 676846, 676850, 676852–676856, 676859, 676860, 676862–676865, 676869 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41641 |
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Belogorsk (Russian: Белого́рск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River, a tributary of the Zeya. Population: 68,249 (2010 Census);67,422 (2002 Census);73,435 (1989 Census); 53,000 (1969); 34,000 (1939).
The selo of Alexandrovskoye (Алекса́ндровское) was founded in 1860 by the settlers from the European part of Russia. In 1893, the selo of Bochkaryovka (Бочкарёвка) appeared nearby. The two localities grew with the construction of a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1913, and by 1923 Alexandrovskoye and Bochkarevka merged and were transformed into Alexandrovsk (Алекса́ндровск). Town status was granted to Alexandrovsk in 1926. In 1931, it was renamed Krasnopartizansk (Краснопартиза́нск), then, in 1935, Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya (Ку́йбышевка-Восто́чная), to commemorate the Soviet statesman Valerian Kuybyshev. In 1957, possibly to reduce the number of localities named after Kuybyshev, the town was given its present name. While the literal meaning of the name is white mountains, the reasons for renaming are unclear, as the town stands on a plain with no "white mountains" anywhere in the vicinity. It is possible, however, that the name was due to the whitish color of the quartz sands of the bluffs on the Tom River, or that it was allegorical, with the meaning of a white town.
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