Belogorsk

Belogorsk: municipal officesMunicipal offices of Belogorsk, Russia.

Belogorsk, city, Amur oblast (region), far eastern Russia. Situated in the Zeya-Bureya Plain and on the Tom River, it was founded in 1860 and became a city in 1926. It is a rail junction and an agricultural centre in a wheat-producing area with food-processing industries. Pop. (2005 est.) 76,621.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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Article Title: Belogorsk
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 06 March 2018
Access Date: April 20, 2025