Svobodny, Amur Oblast

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Svobodny (Russian: Свобо́дный) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located 167 km north of Blagoveshchensk on the right bank of the Zeya River at 51°23′60″N, 128°7′60″E. Population: 63,889 (2002 Census).

Founded in 1912 as Alexeyevsk; renamed Svobodny in 1917. It is the birthplace of the director Leonid Gaiday, whose memorial was unveiled in September 2006.


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Administrative center: Blagoveshchensk

Belogorsk | Progress | Raychikhinsk | Shimanovsk | Skovorodino | Svobodny | Tynda | Zavitinsk | Zeya


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