A group of immigrants who arrived in 1928 Art. Quiet. 1930
Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
April 28, 1928
On this day, the first group of settlers arrived at the Tikhonkaya railway station. Service for the resettled people was entrusted to KOMZET, OZET, and the Birsko-Bidzhansky resettlement detachment under the Far Eastern Regional Resettlement Administration.
In 1928-1933. A relatively large number of Jewish settlers arrived, but more than half of the settlers who arrived left the area. In total, in the first six years of colonization, 19,635 Jews arrived and 11,450 left, leaving only 8,185 people. Lack of preparation for receiving migrants, interruptions in the supply of essential goods and products, lack of housing, harsh climatic conditions, severe floods and other reasons led to the fact that many migrants returned back. The bravest ones became the first builders of new villages – Valdheim, Amurzet and Birofeld.
April 28, 1937
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) under the heading “Towards the First of May” published a selection of articles about how the Jewish Autonomous Region is preparing for the celebration of May 1st.
“Following the wine and gastronomic mobile store, the regional branch of Daltorg began installing a second mobile store – perfumes and cosmetics. This store is installed on Postysheva Street (next to the theater). Now the store is being equipped and will begin its work on May 1st.
In mid-May, the construction of the fruit water plant of the Regional Potrebsoyuz will be completed in Blyukherovo. This plant will produce ice cream, sparkling water, soda, kvass, fruit juice and other soft drinks.
Trade organizations have received and have already put holiday children's toys on sale. The little animal holds chocolate, candy, and lemon in its paws. This is the type of toy. These toys quickly won the sympathy of children and are sold in great demand. In a short period of time, these toys were sold for 7 thousand rubles.
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
In preparation for the celebration of May 1, transport workers at the Ying depot widely launched socialist competition for the best production indicators. Order-bearing driver Comrade Nazarenko undertook to drive 180 trains per month. The first to follow the example of the order bearer Nazarenko were drivers Morozov and Koryakin. They drive trains with a load of at least 1.5 thousand tons at the average speed of a courier train. Despite the difficulties of the Amur – Khabarovsk section, they drive trains without a pusher. Drivers Elisafenko, Volodin, Nikolaev, and Degtyar also took part in the competition.
Workers at the depots are also actively preparing for May 1st. Rudkova’s team took on a number of obligations, including fulfilling the production program by 250%.
According to the resolution of the city council, starting from April 26, baths and hairdressers will extend their working hours by two hours. On May 1 and 2, all restaurant dining rooms are operating normally.”
Collective farmers of the collective farm named after. Karl Liebknecht (Birobidzhan region) is greeted with dignity on May 1. By April 26, the establishment of greenhouses and planting of seedlings were completely completed. Now collective farmers are actively preparing for May Day celebrations. The streets are being cleaned up and buildings are being decorated. Young people rehearsing the play “Pohan's Letter” (12+) in Korean, which they will show on April 30 at the collective farm evening.”
April 28, 1977
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the CPSU heard a report from the Party Committee of the Amur State Farm on the leadership of branch party organizations and party groups in the light of the decisions of the 25th Congress of the CPSU. The adopted resolution noted that in most party organizations and party groups the level of organizational and political work has increased, and the labor and socio-political activity of communists has increased. They are at the forefront of the competition for a worthy celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and the early fulfillment of the tasks of the Tenth Five-Year Plan.
The Bureau obliged the Party Committee of the Amur State Farm to improve the forms and methods of party work, and to provide more practical assistance to departmental party organizations and party groups.
April 28, 1980
The plenum of the regional committee of the CPSU discussed the tasks of party organizations, Soviet and economic bodies of the region to increase the production and procurement of potatoes and vegetables in the light of the requirements of the July (1978) Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee.
The report of the secretary of the regional party committee, Ya. G. Pokutsa, noted that 98% of potatoes and 96% of garden products are produced on specialized farms.
Over the four years of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the area occupied by potatoes increased by one third, its average annual production increased by 1.6 times and vegetables by 1.4 times.
The Plenum outlined specific measures for further increasing the efficiency of potato and vegetable growing, maximizing the satisfaction of the population's needs for potatoes and vegetables through their local production.
April 28, 1982
Industrial teams of the region completed ahead of schedule a four-month program for the sale and production of most of the most important types of products. Carrying out the decisions of the XXVI Congress of the CPSU, striving to celebrate the May Day holiday with dignity, and successfully fulfill the plans and socialist obligations of the second year of the Five-Year Plan.
April 28, 1982
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” in the “Chronicle” section published a note that motocross (12+) was held in Birobidzhan.
“In addition to the athletes from the regional center, motorcycle racers from the Smena sports club from the Khabarovsk Polytechnic Institute also took part in the motocross. The program included races on motorcycles with engine capacities of 125, 350 and 500 cubic centimeters.
The team from the Birobidzhan Automobile Repair Plant won the competition, which was dedicated to the 19th Congress of the Komsomol. She was awarded a challenge prize from the city committees of the Komsomol, DOSAAF, physical education and sports.”
