May 8 in the history of EAO: In Birobidzhan, the opening of the Square named after the 30th anniversary of Victory took place

May 8, 1896

On this day, the first point of hydrometeorological observation in the village was opened. Ekaterino-Nikolskoye.

May 8, 1938

By decision No. 12 of the Presidium of the Birobidzha City Council, the Kazakevich Lane was renamed the Sovetsky lane.

May 8, 1974

By a decree of the Presidium of the Council of the RSFSR, for the achieved production successes and in connection with the 40th anniversary of the EAO of the Certificates of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR,: the Dalselmash plant, the Khinganolovo plant, the Birobidzhan Textile and Swiss Factory, the partisan poultry farm of the Smidovic region.

General view of the Dalselmash plant. September 1972. Photo: Gosarchive EAO

Workshop No. 17 of the Dalselmash plant. 1980s .. Photo: Gosarchive EAO

The mechanical workshop No. 9 of the Dalselmash plant. 1980s .. Photo: Gosarchive EAO

The advanced change of the enrichment factory of the Khinganolovo plant. 1975. Photo: Gosarchive EAO

By the same decree for the successes achieved in the communist education of students and in connection with the 40th anniversary of the EAO of the Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, the Secondary School No. 1 of Birobidzhan was awarded.

The transitional red banner of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the All -Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the Komsomol Central Committee was awarded to the Dezhnevsky state farm for achieving the highest results in the All -Union Socialist Competition; The passing red banner of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the All -Union Central Council of Trade Unions – the collective farm “Testaments of Ilyich”.

May 8, 1975

In Birobidzhan, the opening of the Square named after the 30th anniversary of Victory took place. In the entire history of its existence, the Victory Square changed its appearance several times.

In the year of the opening of the square, in memory of those who died in the Great Patriotic War, a huge brush was established with an inscription on its polished surface: “Square named after the 30th anniversary of the Victory. May 9, 1975.” During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the EAO, the fire of fame was first lit in the square of Victory (now-the Eternal Flame).

Alley of Heroes in Birobidzhan. Photo: Photo: Gosarchive EAO

On May 8, 2015, the solemn opening of the Heroes alley took place in the Victory Square. This memorial was built on folk remedies donated by caring residents of the region. The pylons capture the names of the heroes of the Soviet Union and the full gentlemen of the Order of Glory living in the EAO.

May 8, 2002

Cutting from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library

In the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) for May 8, 2002, in the note by V. Antonov, “The Museum of Glory was opened to Victory Day” reports the opening of a new museum in Birobidzhan – military and labor glory of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The initiator of the opening of such a museum was a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a famous journalist and local historian Efim Iosifovich Kudish.

The museum has unique exhibits, one of them is the preserved genuine photo of the Hero of the Soviet Union I. R. Pupyugin.

Separate stands of the museum are dedicated to the only workers of the rear, our fellow countrymen-gardeners of rare orders. 30 % of the museum exhibits are objects of the personal archive of E. I. Kudish.