Birobidzhan is a town and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border.
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Birobidzhan is named after the two largest rivers in the autonomous oblast: the Bira and the Bidzhan.
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Birobidzhan was planned by the Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, and established in 1931.
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The placement of the Jews in Birobidzhan was meant to serve as a buffer to dissuade any Chinese or Japanese expansion.
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Birobidzhan's visit to Birobidzhan in October 1933 was organized by Smidovich himself.
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Birobidzhan's student, actually born in Birobidzhan, Rabbi Eliyahu Riss, has taken over the reins since 2010.
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Birobidzhan came back as the Chief Rabbi with plans of reinvigorating the Jewish culture.
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