At least one person was killed and 38 injured after trees were uprooted and cars overturned.
Amateur video shows the tornado picking up clouds of debris and striking power lines.
Damage to the overhead wires reportedly left ten thousand people without electricity.
Blagoveshensk, home to nearly 215,000 people, is the capital of the Amur region close to Russia's border with China.
Significant tornadoes in Russia are rare. There have been only three disastrous ones recorded in the country's history.
In June 1904, at least 30 people were killed when two tornadoes ploughed through a Moscow suburb, while three powerful tornadoes in June 1984 killed more than 400 people in Belyanitsky, Ivanovo and Balino in western Russia. Two years ago, a tornado also occurred in Krasnozavodsk, in the Moscow region.
Authorities in Russia's Far East have declared state of emergency in the wake of a powerful and rare tornado that killed one person and left dozens injured.
A tornado swept through the city of Blagoveshchensk on Sunday night, killing one person and injuring nearly 30. The Emergency Ministry says in a statement it tore off roofs from nearly a hundred houses and damaged 150 cars.
Anton Ivlev, spokesman for the governor of the Amur region, told Russian news agencies on Monday that the province has declared a state of emergency to speed up rescue efforts.
Authorities in the Amur region estimate the damage at 80 million rubles ($3 million).
Tornados are extremely rare in Russia, and local meteorologists say it is the first tornado in a a Russian city ever, according to weather records.
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