April 13, 2000
The newspaper “Birobidzhaner Stern” (12+) wrote on April 13, 2000 that the first festival of folk cultures (0+) was held at the All-Russian children's center “Ocean”, where the Jewish Autonomous Region took part. Festival guests tried Birobidzhan-style schnitzel, salad with beets and walnuts, chicken aspic and stuffed pike.
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
“The table covered with the delights of Jewish cuisine attracted the attention of the journalists of federal channels who covered this festival on television. In general, Birobidzhan chefs won the hearts of gourmets. And Jewish cuisine received the highest marks from the jury.”
The article by Viktor Dmitriev, “We’ll soon drink our own mineral water,” says that for the first time in the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region, a large deposit of mineral water, discovered in 1999 in the village of Bira, Obluchensky district, was put up for competitive bidding.
“The story of the discovery of a deposit of the Birsk mineral water is interesting. A well was drilled in this place to get to underground ordinary drinking water. By mistake, the well was drilled much deeper, and the drill “accidentally” reached a mineral spring. If a plant for bottling “Narzan” is built on it, then not only all residents of the Jewish Autonomous Region, but also neighboring regions can be given plenty of water to drink from it.”
April 13, 2016
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) wrote on April 13, 2016 that Birobidzhan, which is part of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Siberia and the Far East, was visited by the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Far East, the plenipotentiary representative of the Supreme Mufti of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia for the Far East, Akhmad Hazrat Garifullin.
Mufti of the Far East Akhmad Hazrat Garifullin. Photo: Photo: EAOMedia news agency archive
During the conversation, issues of a social and migration nature, issues of preventing extremist sentiments and countering terrorism were touched upon. They also talked about the forum (12+), which is scheduled to take place on May 11-12 in Khabarovsk, within the framework of which the visit of the Supreme Mufti of Muslims to Russia is planned.
In the same newspaper, readers were informed that At the next meeting of the EAO parliament, deputies adopted a resolution on naming the Birobidzhan DOSAAF automobile school after Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Egorov.
The history of the regional branch of DOSAAF is inextricably linked with the name of Pavel Vasilyevich Egorov, who in 1938-1941 worked as an instructor pilot for the Amur and Birobidzhan flying clubs. Having himself graduated from a military flight school, he managed to train a group of military pilots consisting of 11 people and, together with them, went to the front in November 1941.
Pavel Egorov began his combat career as a pilot of a bomber regiment, and ended the war as a regiment commander on the Western and Second Belorussian fronts. For heroism and excellent performance of combat missions, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1944, Captain Pavel Vasilyevich Egorov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 2010, a memorial plaque to Hero of the Soviet Union P.V. was unveiled on the building of this school. Egorov.
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
On the pages of the newspaper there is information that the XXIV festival “Sprout of Hope” (0+) has ended at the regional philharmonic. This festival was organized by the regional department of culture and the Education Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Region and was dedicated to the Year of Russian Cinema. As part of the vibrant festival, more than 20 original creative numbers were performed, causing applause from the public.
