Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджан, IPA: [bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan]; Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַן, IPA: [ˌbɪrɔbɪˈdʒan]), also spelt Birobijan (/ˌbɪrəbɪˈdʒɑːn/ BIRR-ə-bih-JAHN)...
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Jewish Autonomous Oblast (redirect from Birobidzhan Oblast)
Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan. The JAO was designated by a Soviet official decree in 1928, and officially...
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accompanist in various Russian cities, eventually becoming a soloist with the Birobidzhan Regional Philharmonia [ru] in 2023. Kushnir engaged in civil activism...
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The JAO's capital city was in Birobidzhan, and Yiddish was its official language. Jewish life was revived in Birobidzhan much earlier than in other regions...
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Birobidzhan Railway Station is the primary passenger railway station for the city of Birobidzhan in Russia, and an important stop along the Trans-Siberian...
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KhK Nadezhda (‹See Tfd›Russian: ХК Надежд) is a bandy club in Birobidzhan, Russia. The club was founded in 1939 and has been playing in the Russian Bandy...
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1936. A Yiddish newspaper, the Birobidzhan Star (Also sometimes referred to as the Birobidzhan Stern) was set up. Birobidzhan was also home to one of the...
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Приамурский государственный университет имени Шолом-Алейхема), formerly Birobidzhan State Pedagogical Institute, is a university in Russia. This is the only...
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Birobidzhan Project, 1924-1951. Boston: Academic Studies Press. Gessen, Masha (2016). Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Tale of Birobidzhan,...
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The Birobidzhan Synagogue, officially the Freyd Community and Beit Menachem Synagogue in Birobidzhan, is a Chabad Jewish congregation and synagogue, located...
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