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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть (ЕАО), romanized: Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; Yiddish: ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט , romanized: yidishe avtonome gegnt, IPA: [jɪdɪʃə avtɔnɔmə ɡɛɡnt]) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of ...
- Coat of Arms
The coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Russian:...
- Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast...
- Birobidzhan
Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджа́н, IPA: [bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan];...
- History of the Jews in Russia
In 1934 the Soviet state established the Jewish Autonomous...
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In May 1928 the first group of Jewish settlers from cities and villages in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia arrived in the region that became the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. These individuals settled in many different areas of the autonomous oblast, some in Birobidzhan and others in various rural settlements.
Jewish Autonomous Region, autonomous oblast (region), far eastern Russia, in the basin of the middle Amur River. Although established in 1934 theoretically as a home for Jews in the Soviet Union, no mass Jewish migration developed, and Russian and Ukrainian settlers heavily outnumber the Jews.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 2, 2018 · Marta Wiejak 02 February 2018. Have you ever looked at the far-eastern corners of a political map of Russia? If you have, you might have noticed a tiny little region right at the border with China, called Jewish Autonomous Oblast. How did it appear there? Why was it established? Is it really Jewish? Here’s everything you need to know. Background.
- Marta Wiejak
Sep 23, 2020 · Over time the region became a Russian military colony, and its potential for development was enhanced by a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Today the region, formerly known as Birobidzhan, is known as the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, nominally the world’s only official Jewish territory, other than Israel.
A substantial Jewish population appeared in Russia in the late 18th century, when parts of Poland (where a considerable number of Ashkenazi Jews now lived) and Crimea, where the Crimean...
