
June 11, 1934
In Birobidzhan, a meeting of the Heroes-Chlyuskins took place. The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) covered this large -scale event for the region:
“… from one in the morning the numerous wrenches of the workers were waiting for the trains. They joked, laughed and waited. But there are no trains … two. Three hours. And no one leaves the station. They are waiting. Waiting. In the east, the first morning lanes of dawn appeared. And now – the semaphor was opened! The plain was rushed with electric flaps. The orchestra struck.

Cutting from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The head of the expedition, Ilya Leonidovich Baevsky, in a response word, spoke about what excitement the Chelyuskins met on the way a message about the creation of a new autonomous region:
– This is a huge victory of Leninist national policy. I, – recalls Comrade. Baevsky, – I remember how we financed Birobidzhan on the All -Union State Plan, supplied with cars. It was 2.5 years ago. Then your comrades came to us. I thought to visit Birobidzhan before, but, as you see, I lingered in the Arctic for unforeseen circumstances.
The crowd is electrified. The crowd expresses its joy with applause and greetings. And after a few minutes, a mild conversation is tied between the Chelyuskins and the working people of Birobidzhan.
The wagons begin to slowly sail away from the station. The crowd has been following them for a long time. Greetings, smiles and greetings again. And the great joy and great pride of the workers are felt in the voices with their heroes-Chlyuskins. It is felt in the voices of the workers of Birobidzhan and what is called revolutionary patriotism.
And for a long time they escort the workers of Birobidzhan with excited cries and views of the heroes of the Arctic. The train goes to Moscow. “
June 11, 1935

Cutting from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Zvezda” June 11, 1935 reports on the arrival of Pyatnitsky choir in Birobidzhan. Choir Director S. Raevsky said:
“Our arrival in the center of the Jewish Autonomous Region is an event of great political importance. Our arrival is a great holiday for us, masters of folk art. We are happy for you, for your work in the fields, at construction sites. The Pyatnitsky choir will show in songs about the old village, will tell about the bitter fate of the peasant Russia, and in modern songs, ditties will talk about the happy prosperous life of our The collective farmers.
June 11, 1957
On June 11, 1957, the Birobidzhan Zvezda newspaper wrote that the Lenin Prize was awarded the group of geologists-first discovers of the Yakut diamonds. Among the six laureates of the Lenin Prize, one former resident of our region is Grigory Khaimovich Faynstein.
Still studying at the University of Irkutsk, Gregory dreamed of devoting his life to the search for diamonds. But only after the end of the war was the Tunguska diamond expedition was created. Grigory Faynstein was appointed as the head of one of the three search groups. Participants in the Tunguska expedition decided to make additional intelligence in the Vilyui River basin at the expense of the savings. The Vilyui party was headed by Grigory Khaimovich, and the search was crowned with success, the first Vilyui diamond was found.
Grigory Khaimovich came to the Jewish Autonomous Region in 1930 from Chita. Gregory had secondary education, and in the Amurzet he began to work as a primary school teacher.
“But the teacher did not work out of him. He was not enough for him and he was taller than his students. In his free time, Gregory studied at the tractor driver and quickly mastered this specialty. Later, Gregory got a job as a tractor driver at the Amuro-Bir state farm, and in 1934 he entered the Mountain Department of the University of Irkutsk.”
June 11, 1965
The border outpost of the village of Leninskoye was named after Peter Petrovich Kagykin. A bust of the hero is installed at the entrance to the outpost. In one of the barracks, Kagykin’s bed has been preserved, there is at the outpost and corner of his memory. Every day in the verification sounds the name of the hero.

Peter Kagykin. Photo: Photo: Gosarchive EAO
One of the streets with. Leninsky and adjacent to her lane are named after Peter Kagykin. It was on this street that the centenary of the hero was celebrated.

Victory Square. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The memory of Peter Kagykin, whose surname with gold is knocked out on the granite plate of the Heroes of Heroes in Birobidzhan, retain not only in our area, where he lived for eight years. At the recently restored memorial, which is located on the Square of Glory in Khabarovsk, among the four border guards-old-age-Heroes of the Soviet Union-there is the surname of Kagykin. It was also listed in the lists of the heroes of the Altai Territory, as well as the city of Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region.
June 11, 2002

Cutting from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper of the Obluchensky district “Iskra Hingan” (12+) on June 11, 2002 on its pages wrote that a new reinforced concrete bridge was commissioned in the village of Birakan. The water transition with a length of 145 linear meters tied the banks of the Bira River within the village.
The newspaper posts information that in the village of Pashkovo, the Obluchensky district, a museum was opened, which is located in a high school building. The opening of the museum was preceded by a large search and restoration work. Under the leadership of V.O. Ryabtseva guys restored the yellowed evidence of eyewitnesses and photographs cracked from time to time, collected new materials.
The museum exhibits talk about the life of the village from collectivization to the present day, about school, first teachers and graduates, about war veterans and the hardships of the rear, flora and fauna of the EAO. A separate stand is dedicated to fellow countrymen participating in local battles to the internationalist soldiers. The pride of the museum – the exposition “Golden Hands of our village” – is a story about local craftsmen, which is accompanied by a demonstration of creations.