Birobidzhan (; , ), also spelt Birobijan ( ), is a town and the administrative centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border.
Birobidzhan is a town in Russia that serves as the main administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, a region established for Jewish settlement located near the border with China along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It matters as a significant historical and political entity representing a unique attempt to create a Jewish homeland within the Soviet Union.
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Birobidzhan (; , ), also spelt Birobijan ( ), is a town and the administrative centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border.
As of the 2010 Census, its population is 75,413. Birobidzhan is named after the two largest rivers in the autonomous oblast: the Bira and the Bidzhan. The Bira, which lies to the east of the Bidzhan Valley, flows through the town. Both rivers are tributaries of the Amur.
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