Patients in baths with hot sulfurous water from springs. Resort Kuldur. 1930s
Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
May 1, 1924
Taiga health resort in the village. Kuldur, Obluchensky district, was given the official status of a sanatorium.
From history.
The sanatorium is located in the valley of a mountain river, where the Kuldur spring flows. The name comes from the Old Gold word “khulzhiuri”, which translated into Russian means “hot”.
For many centuries, the site of the future sanatorium was considered sacred and was kept secret under pain of death. The secret belonged only to the Tungus and was sacredly kept among this tribe.
This secret might have been kept for many more centuries if one day the Tungus, feeling sorry for a sick Russian Cossack he knew, had not taken him to the source for treatment. He led him with his eyes closed, through the impenetrable taiga. In various ways, the Cossack managed to reveal the secret: he was amazed by the healing effect of the source. This is how the Russians learned about Kuldur.
Pos. Birakan Obluchensky district of the Jewish Autonomous Okrug 1927 A steam boiler is being transported to the Kuldur resort. Pioneers.. Photo: Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
In 1897, Kuldur was first mentioned in the magazine “Nature and Hunting” (12+), and in 1910 in “Proceedings of the Amur Expedition” (12+).
Until 1918, patients were treated in primitive conditions at their own discretion. In practice at that time, ground pits were used; later, bathtubs with a wooden frame appeared.
Already in Soviet times, the Kuldur mineral spring was declared a national property, and it was decided to equip it with public funds.
In 1918, two barracks and one house for employees were built.
And only on May 1, 1924, the Kuldur healing area was officially included in the country’s resorts.
Currently, in the resort area there are the Kuldur sanatorium, the Gornyak sanatorium, a military sanatorium and the private Sanus sanatorium.
May 1, 1930
In the workshop of Viennese chairs. Photo: Photo: State Archive of the Jewish Autonomous Region
On this day, the Birobidzhan Chair factory for the production of Viennese chairs was launched. By the time of its opening, the factory had several buildings and had prepared several residential buildings for visiting members of the artel.
By 1931, the factory employed more than ten people and produced products not only for the needs of the Far Eastern region, but also for export to China.
The factory produced 7.2 thousand units per month. products. The enterprise had several workshops, large timber warehouses, and its own wagon train. Most production operations were mechanized.
May 1, 1935
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
In the “Birobidzhan Star” (12+) for May 1, 1935, an interesting note was published entitled “May Day gifts to the sponsored Birobidzhan.”
This is what it said: “For the May Day holidays, Belkoopsoyuz ships gifts to the sponsored BSSR * Autonomous Jewish Region.
A large library of classics and modern Russian, Belarusian and Jewish writers, two gramophones with records, two cameras, various musical instruments worth 1 thousand rubles and a complete set of tube radio installations are sent.
These gifts are intended for the social culture house, which is being equipped in one of the districts of Birobidzhan.
In addition, a wagon of dry vegetables and two wagons of high-grade apples are being shipped.“.
*BSSR – Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991.
May 1, 1983
On May 1, 1983, the “Birobidzhan Star” published on the first page the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR “On awarding the Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR to B. S. Mailer (B. I. Miller).
