Shimanovsk is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River, 250 kilometers (160 mi) northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population: 19,815 (2010 Russian census); 22,267 (2002 Census); 26,274 (1989 Soviet census).

Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. Amur Oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.