Blagoveshchensk massacre and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River massacre

The Blagoveshchensk massacres and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River massacres are the massacre occurred in Blagoveshchensk and Sixty-Four Villages East of the River during July 4–8 (Old Style), 1900.

Background
Blagoveshchensk was founded on the territory ceded to Russia by Treaty of Aigun in 1858.

Sixty-Four Villages East of the River
Lieutenant-General Konstantin Nikolaevich Gribskii, ordered the expulsion of all Qing subjects who remained north of the river. This included the residents of the villages, and Chinese traders and workers who lived in Blagoveshchensk proper, where they numbered anywhere between one-sixth and one-half of the local population of 30,000. They were taken by the local police and driven into the river to be drowned. Those who could swim were shot by the Russian forces.