Rosa Strokova
Photo: Newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”
April 7, 1954
The plenum of the regional party committee discussed the results of the February-March (1954) Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee and the tasks of the regional party organization. The decision of the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee on the development of virgin lands was approved and the party organizations were obliged to mobilize all workers to fight for its implementation.
April 7, 1965
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) published an article by the former commander of a mortar battery, a participant in the storming of the Reichstag B. Goldmacher, “Mines are exploding on Alexanderplatz”, which talks about the final stage of the war – the storming of the Reichstag.
“I will forever remember that forest clearing in which the regiment was lined up after the hot battle of Küstrin. The division commander, Colonel Shatilov, quickly walked along the line, peered into the tired faces, and fixed his gaze on the orders and medals gleaming dullly on the chests of the soldiers.
“I have been entrusted,” he began solemnly and stopped short… Then he waved his hand and shouted in a clear voice:
– We are going to Berlin, comrades! The path to the Reichstag was not easy… We deployed our mortar battery in the courtyard of Himmler's house… There is fire in the lair of the fascist beast! – I commanded.
The shelling began – ordinary, everyday work, to which the mortar men had become accustomed over the years of the war. Covered by our fire, the infantry rose to attack. And soon we saw the scarlet banner of Victory over the Reichstag…”
In the section “District Everyday Life. Leninsky District” information is posted that a regional cultural relay race was held in the hall of the Leninsky District House of Culture. The best performances of amateur performances were shown at the final concert. Over 150 young agricultural leaders gathered in the room. At the end of the evening, the participants of the final review were presented with memorable gifts.
A meeting of students, parents and teachers was held at the Babst Agricultural College. This was the first time such an event was held at the college. The director of the technical school told the audience about the history of the educational institution, the state of educational work, and shared the plans of the teaching staff for the future. At the end of the meeting, a large concert of amateur performances was given.
April 7, 1967
Rosa Strokova. Photo: Photo: Newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”
Rosa Anarbekovna Strokova was born in Kutaisi (Georgia). Rose started drawing as a child. The first personal exhibition (0+) was when she was in the sixth grade, thanks to Andrei Zakharovich Tolchinsky. Her works were exhibited at international exhibitions and published in children's republican magazines “Snowdrop” (0+) and “Pionerskaya Pravda” (0+).
She graduated from the Kyrgyz Women's Pedagogical Institute in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) with a degree in teacher of the deaf. Rosa Anarbekovna does not have a higher artistic education.
In 1991, Rosa and her husband moved to Birobidzhan. The first personal exhibition (12+) of the artist took place in 1996 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Birobidzhan, the second – in 1998.
Rosa Anarbekovna is a laureate of the mayor of Birobidzhan “Fortune” award in the field of fine arts for 1999-2000. In 2001, a personal exhibition “Arabesques” (12+) was held in the “Art Basement” in Khabarovsk. In 2001, for the VI International Festival of Jewish Culture, an album of graphics by Rosa Strokova “Symbols of Eternity” (12+) was released.
In 2002, she took part in the Khabarovsk regional exhibition of young artists “Spring Opening Day” (12+) at the Fedotov Art Gallery. She became a laureate in the field of graphics. In 2004, Rosa became a participant in the II International Graphic Biennale, which was held in St. Petersburg. Many books have been published with her illustrations – for example, to the lyrics of Birobidzhan poets Alexander Drabkin and Alla Akimenko, as well as Khabarovsk resident Vladimir Volzhanin. Strokova's works are kept in private collections in Israel, Germany, America, and France.
In 2010, Rosa and her family left for a new place of residence in Krasnodar.
April 7, 1982
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” in an article by a researcher at the regional museum of local lore, Tatyana Kosvintseva, “Everyday life of great construction projects,” talked about the Stakhanov movement in the region in the 30s, about the first Stakhanovites.
“Who are they, the instigators of the Stakhanovite movement in the region? There are many names, and it is difficult to count them all. Among the first, Sh. blocked the existing norms… The Stakhanov movement acquired its highest intensity before the opening of the XVIII Party Congress. In the All-Union Stakhanov decade, the railway workers of the In station took first place on the Ussuri Railway. The Birobidzhanites commissioned the premises of the new station ahead of schedule, and converted the old one into a club on their own. In 1937, there were hundreds of Stakhanovites in the region. The “Detail”, “Second Five-Year Plan” artels were recognized, and the furniture makers were the first not only in production. In their free time, they built a club with 120 spectator seats…”
