Why visit Aihui
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About Aihui
Aigun (simplified Chinese: 瑷珲; traditional Chinese: 璦琿; pinyin: Ài Hún; Manchu: ᠠᡳ᠌ᡥᡡᠨ aihūn; Russian: Айгунь, romanized: Aigun) was a historic Chinese town in northern Manchuria, situated on the right bank of the Amur River, some 30 kilometres (19 mi) south (downstream) from the central urban area of Heihe (which is across the Amur from the mouth of the Zeya River and Blagoveschensk).
From the Wikipedia article Aigun (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
History
The predecessor of Aigun was a town of the indigenous Ducher people of the Amur Valley, located on the left (northeastern – now Russian) bank of the Amur River. The site of this town, whose name was reported by the Russian explorer Yerofey Khabarov as Aytyun (Айтюн) in 1652, is currently known to archaeologists as the Grodekovo site (Гродековское городище), after the nearby village of Grodekovo. It is thought to have been populated since around the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD.
Some sources report a Chinese presence on the middle Amur – a fort existed at Aigun for about 20 years during the Yongle era on the left (northwestern) shore of the Amur downstream from the mouth of the Zeya River. This Ming Dynasty Aigun was located on the opposite bank to the later Aigun that was relocated during the Qing Dynasty.
The Ducher town was probably vacated when the Duchers were evacuated by the Manchu Chinese Qing Dynasty to the Sungari or Hurka in the mid-1650s. In 1683–85 the Manchus re-used the site as a base for their campaign against the Russian fort of Albazin.
From the History section of Aigun on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Aihui
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Getting there and nearby towns
Heihe Aihui Airport (HEK) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 25 km away.
- Heihe 29 km north, about 29 min by car
- Blagoveshchensk 33 km north, about 33 min by car
- Verkhneblagoveshchenskoye 35 km north, about 35 min by car
- Volkovo 37 km northeast, about 37 min by car
- Vladimirovka 37 km north, about 37 min by car
- Chigiri 40 km north, about 40 min by car
- Tambovka 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Ignat’yevo 52 km north, about 52 min by car
- Konstantinovka 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
- Belogor’ye 58 km north, about 58 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 瑷珲历史博物馆, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 瑷珲镇人民政府, VentiHEK, CC BY 4.0
- 瑷珲历史陈列馆魁星阁, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 瑷珲新城遗址文保碑, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 清代吉林将军辖区图, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 签订瑷珲条约及中俄北京条约后的沙俄东西伯利亚版图, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 瑷珲新城展板, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
- 尼布楚条约规定的中俄东部边界示意图, HCCB3947, CC BY 4.0
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