Birobidzhan
| Birobidzhan (English) Биробиджан (Russian) ביראָבידזשאַן (Yiddish) |
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 Station square in Birobidzhan |
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.svg) Location of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia |
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| Town Day | Last Saturday of May |
| Administrative status (as of July 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Jewish Autonomous Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Birobidzhan |
| Administrative center of | Jewish Autonomous Oblast,Birobidzhansky District, town of oblast significance of Birobidzhan |
| Municipal status (as of June 2015) | |
| Urban okrug | Birobidzhan Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Birobidzhan Urban Okrug, Birobidzhansky Municipal District |
| Mayor | Andrei Frhomnko |
| Representative body | Town Duma |
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| Area (urban okrug) (2010) | 169.38 km2 (65.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 75,413 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 215th |
| Population (January 2014 est.) | 74,791 inhabitants |
| Density | 445/km2 (1,150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | VLAT (UTC+10:00) |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Town status since | 1937 |
| Postal code(s) | 679000, 679002, 679005, 679006, 679011, 679013–679017, 679700, 679801, 679950 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42622 |
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Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджан; IPA: [bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʑan]; Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַן, Birobidzshan) is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, close to the border with China. Population: 75,413 (2010 Census);77,250 (2002 Census);83,667 (1989 Census).
Birobidzhan is named after the two largest rivers in the autonomous oblast: the Bira and the Bidzhan, although only the Bira flows through the town, which lies to the east of the Bidzhan Valley. Both rivers are tributaries of the Amur. The city was planned by the Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, and established in 1931. It became the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in 1934 and town status was granted to it in 1937.
Yiddish writer David Bergelson played a large part in promoting Birobidzhan, although he himself did not really live there. Bergelson wrote articles in the Yiddish language newspapers in other countries extolling the region as an ideal escape from anti-Semitism elsewhere. At least 1,000 families from the United States and Latin America came to Birobidzhan because of Bergelson.
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