Nizhneleninskoye (russian: Нижнеле́нинское) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') in Leninsky District of the

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...

. Located on the

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

, Nizhneleninskoye is the location for the Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge which crosses over the river to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, joining it by a railway bridge to Tongjiang in

Heilongjiang Province Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge

The Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge was proposed in 2007 by

Valery Solomonovich Gurevich Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, a Russian politicianis the vice-governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Leadership in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Gurevich both organized, and participated in, the 2004 70th anniversary celebrations of the Jewish A ...

, the vice-chairman of the

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. The railway bridge over the

will connect Tongjiang with Nizhneleninskoye, a village in the

. The Chinese portion of the bridge was finished in July 2016. In December 2016, work began on the Russian portion of the bridge in December 2016. The bridge was expected to open in October 2019 but was delayed to late 2021, finally opening on August 17, 2021.

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Rural localities in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast {{JewishAutonomousOblast-geo-stub