amur
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1. amur - Noun
2. Amur - Proper noun
Meaning
an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
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According to them, the indigenous Nanai people were living on the Ussury and on the Amur down to the mouth of the Dondon River (i.
A popular attraction for visitors is a walking tour from the Lenin Square to Utyos on Amur via Muravyov-Amursky Street, where visitors can find traditional Russian cuisine restaurants and shops with souvenirs.
Anton Chekhov vividly described the Amur River in writings about his journey to Sakhalin Island in 1890.
By the 1890s the Ussuri, Semirechensk and Amur Cossacks were added; the last had a regiment of elite mounted rifles.
Chinese expeditions reached this area as early as the first half of the 15th century, when the fleets of the Ming eunuch Yishiha sailed several times from Jilin City all the way to Tyr on the lower Amur.
In 1916, Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur was completed, allowing Trans-Siberian trains to cross the river without using ferries (or temporary rail tracks over the frozen river in winter).