This ninth week of my journey 3,543 kilometers were added to last weeks 20,662 kilometers bringing the distance I've traveled up to 24,325! Excellent job everyone!
So I was quite thrilled to pass through the northern most province of China, Heilongjiang, before returning to Russia soil to stop for the weekend in Amur Oblast. My exact location is "53 N 133 E" so you can see where I am on Google Maps.
What is an "oblast" you may ask? Well it's esentially Russia's word for province which they define as "regular administrative units with federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature." Different from Candian provinces though is that an oblast is "commonly named after the oblast center—the largest city in the oblast, its administrative center."
The administrative center of Amur Oblast, Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the Russian Far East, founded in 1856. Which means that it's 153 years old compared to Shellbrook's 100 years. The oblast of Amur was established October 20, 1932 making it 77 years old whereas our province of Saskatchewan is now 104. So the oblast will be celebrating their centennial in the year 2032.
Amur is also in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT) which means it's offset 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). So, if it is 11:00 am in Shellbrook it is 8:00 pm here.
See you next weekend!
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