Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University

Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University
Благовещенский государственный педагогический университет имени М. И. Калинина
Established1930
RectorVera Shchyokina (Russian: Вера Витальевна Щёкина)
Students4,000
Address
104 Lenina Street
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50°15′00″N 127°32′00″E / 50.25°N 127.533333°E / 50.25; 127.533333
Websitehttps://bgpu.ru/
Building details
Main building at 104 Lenina Street
General information
Completed1912

Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University (BSPU) is located in Blagoveschensk, the administrative center of the Amur Oblast. The city of Blagoveschensk was founded in 1856 and is one of the most important administrative, cultural, scientific, and industrial centers of the Russian Far East region; with more than 220,000 inhabitants. Blagoveschensk is often called “The Gate to China” for its unique location on the border with China. The Chinese city Heihe is located directly across the river Amur, and many Chinese companies work in the Amur region in the timber industry, agriculture, construction, and tourism.

Vera Schekina (Щекина Вера Витальевна), the rector of the Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University has signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.