Puppet theater team “Kudesnik”. 2000s
Photo: JAO Archive
March 28, 1928
In the book “Jewish Autonomous Region: History of the Administrative-Territorial Structure” (0+) it is written that by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR dated March 28, 1928, the request of KomZET to assign to it the free lands of the Far Eastern Territory “for the needs of the continuous settlement of the free land by working Jews” was granted, which authorized the beginning of the mass resettlement of the Jewish population to the Amur lands.
KomZET's petition to assign to it the free lands of the Far Eastern Territory. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
Extract from minutes No. 45 of the meeting of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR dated March 28, 1928
“Resolved:
…To assign to KomZet, for the needs of continuous settlement by working Jews, free lands in the Amur strip of the Far East, including the Birsko-Bidzhansky region, approximately within the following boundaries: along the Amur River west of the city of Khabarovsk to the mouth of the Khingan and along the southern Khingan River to the railway line; further, north of the railway strip east to the Urmi River and along the river. Urmi and Tunguska, and in the east along the line west of the city of Khabarovsk… If the results of continuous settlement by working Jews are favorable, keep in mind the possibility of forming a Jewish national administrative-territorial unit on the territory of the specified region.”
March 28, 1952
For the good organization of educational work, which ensured deep and lasting knowledge of students, for fruitful work on the communist education of the younger generation, a number of teachers in the region were awarded Certificates of Honor from the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the executive committee of the regional Council of Working People's Deputies.
Among them are M. M. Guralnik, A. M. Leshchinsky, N. A. Sedko, E. P. Smirnova, V. N. Peshkova, V. Ya. Bondarenko, L. S. Leikina and others.
March 28, 1990
It is considered the official birthday of the theater, when the administration of Birobidzhan decided to create the City Puppet Theater “Kudesnik”. In 1990, a theater group came to the city of Birobidzhan, at first they rented a room and a stage in the city Palace of Culture. The first theater season opened in September 1990.
Puppet theater team “Kudesnik”. 2000s. Photo: Photo: Theater Archive
In 1997, the theater moved to the building of the former clothing factory club. In recent years, using the income generated in the theater, much has been done to improve stage equipment and stage technical equipment.
Every year the theater stages new performances, and the repertoire includes performances where artists perform not only with puppets, but also live.
March 28, 2003
The newspaper of the Smidovichi district “District Bulletin” (12+) On March 28, 2003, in the article by Lyudmila Kovalchuk “Desk for a junior schoolchild” they talked about the work of the Tunguska Furniture Factory CJSC. Over the years, the factory has produced 427 types of wood products. The factory produces cabinet furniture and kitchen tables.
Clippings from the newspaper “District Bulletin”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The company is focused on fulfilling individual orders and manufacturing school furniture. Currently, people willingly order office furniture from the factory, and most often this is done by Khabarovsk residents. Cedar and pine are the most popular wood at the enterprise; laminated walnut board is used for cabinet furniture.
By the beginning of the new school year, the company opened an exhibition of modern school furniture, manufactured taking into account “universal computerization.” In the part of the exhibition where furniture for primary classes was located, a model of Erisman’s desk, used in schools during Soviet times, was presented. This model was remembered and put into production at the factory, modern design and materials were used, and all parameters remained the same. The desk was revived according to the old manual from 1952. The first experimental samples of the product were donated to local school No. 2.
