Tag: Russian Far East
Birobidzhan Residents Protest Russian Attempts to Eliminate Jewish Autonomous Region
According to the 1989 Soviet Census, only 8,887 Jews were living in the JAO, some 4% of the total population. As of 2002, only 2,357 Jews were living there.
18 Injured in Bridge Collapse in Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region
In the spring of 1928, 654 Jews arrived to settle in the area; however, by October 1928, half of them had left because of the severe conditions.
Russia Successfully Tests Ballistic Missile in Jewish Autonomous Area
The Soviets established the Jewish autonomous administration in 1934, as part of Stalin's Soviet nationality policy.