BELOGORSK

formerly (1860-1935) Aleksandrovka, or (1935-57) Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya city, Amur oblast (province), far eastern Russia. Situated in the Zeya-Bureya Plain and on the Tom River, it was founded in 1860 and became a city in 1926. It is a rail junction and an agricultural centre in a wheat-producing area with food-processing industries. Pop. (1994 est.) 75,500.