The first houses in the new microdistrict named after Bumagin in Birobidzhan, 1977
Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
February 18, 1936
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) is entirely dedicated to the Stakhanov movement in the region. At enterprises and artels in the city, they discussed the results of the citywide Stakhanov five-day meeting held in Birobidzhan in early February. Factory workers Dimitrov achieve high labor productivity, joining the ranks of Stakhanovites.
“Prokina, a worker at the polishing shop, delivers an average of 200 percent of the work done every day. Kofman, a sawmill, completes the quota by 330 percent every day.” During the Stakhanov decade, the Stakhanovites of the Sutara gold mines achieved new high rates of sand washing and metal mining. Already on the first day of the Stakhanov five-day week – February 5, the workshop of the Amurzet MTS (Stalinsky district) fulfilled the plan by 167%. A number of workers showed excellent examples of labor productivity.
The fishing collective farm “Forward”, which is located in the village of Golovino, Birobidzhan region, fulfilled the fishing plan for 1935 by 99%.
February 18, 1937
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” reports that the Soviet Jewish poet Perets Markish has completed a new play called “The Ovadis Family” (12+). The action of this play takes place in the Jewish Autonomous Region.
“The main theme of the play is Soviet patriotism, the fiery love of Soviet youth for the socialist homeland. The play tells how a brother replaces a brother who heroically died guarding the Soviet borders in a battle with the Japanese-Manchus. Against this background, the poet paints people building the Jewish Autonomous Region, proletarian internationalism, and a new way of life.”
It also tells us that the climatic conditions of the Jewish Autonomous Region are quite favorable for the growth of all kinds of vegetables and fruits. Only the lack of experienced gardeners and gardeners slows down the development of this area.
“To create its workforce, the regional agricultural institution is organizing seven-month courses for gardeners and vegetable growers at the regional nursery. 30 collective farmers will attend the courses, one person from each collective farm in the region. The courses begin on March 1.”
February 18, 1938
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper “Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda” informs its readers that the construction of a small oil mill under the Pishcheprom artel has been completed, which will work on local raw materials, namely pine nuts.
“In the Soviet Union, this will be the second plant producing cedar oil. Now the plant is in the start-up period. Tests have shown good results, the mechanisms work well, the yield of oil from nuts reaches 12%, and they promise to increase it to 14%. This plant is currently designed to produce 20 tons of oil per year. But the prospects of the plant are enormous. We can already say with confidence that the plant, during normal operation, will be able to provide the region with 150 tons of high-quality fats annually. The artel faces a serious task – to provide the plant with raw materials. There is a lot of pine nuts in the region, you just need to prepare it. From production waste (cake), the artel plans to organize the production of halva.”
February 18, 1943
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the Executive Committee of the Regional Council of Workers' Deputies adopted a resolution “On the presentation of the challenge Red Banner of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the Executive Committee of the Regional Council to the collective farm “Far Eastern Collective Farmer” of the Smidovichi District for success in the development of agricultural production.”
February 18, 1965
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the CPSU considered the issue of the state of mass agitation work at the place of residence of workers in the city of Birobidzhan in connection with preparations for elections to local Councils of Workers' Deputies.
29 propaganda centers, 15 lecture halls, and five public universities have been created and operate in the city. Substantive work is carried out with voters at propaganda points of a textile and clothing factory and a power transformer plant. In many party organizations, the composition of agitators has been expanded and strengthened at the expense of communists.
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the CPSU focused the main attention of the primary party organizations on a comprehensive explanation to the working people of current issues of the domestic and foreign policy of the party and government, mobilizing them for the successful implementation of the plans and socialist obligations adopted for 1965.
February 18, 1975
By decision of the Birobidzhan City Executive Committee dated February 18, 1975 No. 88, Vostochnaya Street in microdistrict No. 3 was renamed into Hero of the Soviet Union Iosif Romanovich Bumagin Street.
February 18, 1961
From the documents of the state archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region it follows that by decision of the Birobidzhan City Executive Committee dated February 18, 1961, street No. 47 at the 10th km of Birshosse was given the name Prigorodnaya.
