so vi et , ▁B lag ov ar sky ▁District , ▁Bash k ort ost an , ▁Russia . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 2 , 0 6 1 ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁There ▁are ▁ 2 2 ▁streets . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : R ural ▁local ities ▁in ▁Bash k ort ost an ▁Category : R ural ▁local ities ▁in ▁B lag ov ar sky ▁District <0x0A> </s> ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁novel ▁by ▁Japanese ▁Marx ist ▁writer ▁K uro sh ima ▁Den ji ▁( 1 8 9 8 – 1 9 4 3 ). ▁Research ed ▁in ▁China , ▁the ▁novel ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁so - called ▁Jin an ▁Inc ident , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁armed ▁cl ash es ▁that ▁would ▁eventually ▁lead ▁to ▁a ▁full - scale ▁war ▁between ▁Japan ▁and ▁China . ▁ ▁Setting ▁ ▁The ▁incident ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁in ▁Jin an , ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁Sh and ong ▁province , ▁during ▁a ▁north ward ▁advance ▁by ▁Chinese ▁national ist ▁troops ▁attempting ▁to ▁reun ify ▁the ▁country . ▁Poss ess ing ▁considerable ▁commercial ▁and ▁industrial ▁invest ments ▁in ▁Jin an , ▁and ▁faced ▁with ▁a ▁collapse ▁of ▁its ▁fav ored ▁war l ord ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁Japan ▁r ushed ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁troops , ▁ost ens ibly ▁to ▁saf egu ard ▁the ▁Japanese ▁residents ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁After ▁a ▁t ense ▁st ando ff , ▁Japanese ▁units ▁cl ashed