The first group of immigrants from Vinnytsia region. May 1928
Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
April 1, 1935
The Bureau of the Far Eastern Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks adopted a resolution on the organization of regional newspapers from April 1, 1935.
April 1, 1938
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks considered the issue “On the development of mass propaganda work in connection with the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.” The adopted resolution proposed, in particular, to systematically hold mass meetings and rallies on the most important political issues of the international and domestic situation, organize speeches by agitators in public places, before film shows and performances, and create information desks in cinemas, clubs, reading rooms, train stations and marinas. All campaigning should be linked to the preparation of the May Day holiday and the 10th anniversary of Birobidzhan.
On this day, the Birobidzhan Star (12+) wrote about the gathering of the first settlers. A large article by I. Ganopolsky, “The Meeting of the First Migrants,” is dedicated to this event. On this day, notable collective farmers, tractor drivers, combine operators, and beekeepers came to Birobidzhan from distant collective farms and villages. The first builders of Birobidzhan came from the construction sites of enterprises. The participants of the rally recalled the first days in Tikhonkaya, various episodes of those times when they were just beginning to master new professions.
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
“One of the oldest settlers, T. M. Shkolnik, spoke with memories of the first days of Birobidzhan and of today’s Birobidzhan. Then, one of the first settlers, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, T. Lishnyanskaya, spoke excitedly about the path that Birobidzhan had traveled in 10 years.
— There was a taiga, a swamp. A city with enterprises, construction sites, a theater, and cinema grew up here,” says settler Comrade Starikovsky.
The first group of immigrants from Vinnytsia region. May 1928. Photo: Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
The secretary of the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, Comrade Sukharev, gave a large report on the tenth anniversary of Birobidzhan. The speech of one of the first settlers, Comrade Beinfest, who led a survey expedition in Birobidzhan in 1927, was listened to with great attention.
On behalf of the city's intelligentsia, writer B. Miller came to greet the rally. Honored Artist of the RSFSR Comrade Goldblat spoke on behalf of the state theater artists.
Pioneers and schoolchildren of Birobidzhan thanked the first settlers who created a city, villages and schools in the taiga. They performed a concert in front of the participants of the rally, for them the guys sang, danced and recited.
Then the delegates of the meeting watched the premiere of the State Theater named after. L. M. Kaganovich “Uriel Acosta” (12+) staged by Honored Artist of the RSFSR Comrade Goldblat.
In conclusion, the rally adopted an appeal to all workers of the region with a call to remain in the Jewish Autonomous Region for life.”
April 1, 1961
The first regional teachers' meeting took place. The first secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU A.K. Cherny made a report “On the tasks of the school in the light of the decisions of the January Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee”.
The speaker and speakers noted the active participation of schoolchildren in productive work in agriculture. Over the past two years, students have processed and harvested corn from 252 hectares, potatoes from 170 hectares, and vegetables from 150 hectares. Regional schools for agriculture trained 67 tractor drivers, 75 drivers, 50 livestock breeders, 100 field workers, who were actively involved in agricultural work on collective and state farms in the region. The participants of the rally shared their experience of working on the communist education of the younger generation.
April 1, 1979
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
“Birobidzhan Star” (12+) April 1, 1979 dedicated the third page of its issue to the regional literary association.
Poems by Vasily Morozov, Leonid Shkolnik, Irina Metelkina, Vladimir Rusakov and others were published in the “Literary Page” section. The article “To Write a Glorious Page” talks about the successes of the regional literary association over three years. About how many books were published by central and Far Eastern publishing houses by such authors as: B. Miller, G. Rabinkov, R. Scheucher, V. Solomatov. Which periodicals published selections of poems and stories by local authors. About victories in regional literary competitions by L. Shkolnik and T. Ilyina.
Over the years, members of the literary association honed their skills during creative meetings with such famous writers as David Kugultinov, Pavel Khalov, Rimma Kazakova, Yulia Shestakova. These meetings took place as part of the Days of Soviet Literature in the Far East.
The article also talks about the work of members of the literary association with aspiring writers.
In the publication you can read about the reporting and election meeting of the regional literary association, at which its chairman V.I. Panman, editor-in-chief of the Birobidzhan Star, made a report. Here at the meeting a new composition of the bureau was elected. R. Shoikhet became the chairman of the regional literary association, and L. Shkolnik became his deputy. The famous Khabarovsk writer Pavel Khalov took part in the meeting.
April 1, 1997
The regional art museum hosted an exhibition of cartoon paintings (12+) of Jewish jokes by Vladislav Tsap, dedicated to April Fool's Day. This event is described in the article by A. Makievskaya “What place to laugh? Today – in the museum!”, published in the newspaper “Birobidzhaner Stern” on April 3, 1997.
