Memorial plaque to Valentina Dmitrievna Matisova
Photo: EAOMedia news agency archive
June 2, 1944
On this day, Valentina Dmitrievna Matisova, Honorary Citizen of the Jewish Autonomous Region, was born.
Since childhood, Valentina dreamed of becoming a builder, but she did not immediately decide to cross the threshold of the personnel department of the construction department of the Birobidzhanstroy trust – at that time she was only 15 years old.
V. D. Matisova. Photo: Photo: Newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”
At the age of 26, Valentina Dmitrievna was appointed as a foreman. The team of V.D. Matisova participated in the construction of the Dalselmash factories and power transformers, hosiery, shoe and clothing factories, the House of Pioneers, the buildings of the Philharmonic, the Pension Fund, the Federal Security Service, and a maternity hospital. They also built in the Obluchensky, Birobidzhansky, Smidovichsky districts, in particular, they participated in the construction of the Kuldur resort, the Pearl of Khingan sanatorium, and a sand-lime brick plant.
Valentina Matisova was elected as a deputy of the Birobidzhan City Council of People's Deputies, and was a member of the trade union committee of Birobidzhanstroy OJSC.
For her many years of conscientious work, Valentina Dmitrievna was repeatedly awarded certificates of honor from the management of Birobidzhanstroy OJSC, the governor and the Legislative Assembly of the region, she was awarded the titles “Master of Golden Hands”, winner of the IX–X five-year plans, “Best plasterer-painter SU-254 of the Birobidzhanstroy trust.” Valentina Dmitrievna was awarded the Order of Labor Glory II–III degrees, medals “For Labor Distinction”, “Veteran of Labor”. Based on Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Region dated October 30, 2000 No. 205, V. D. Matisova was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the Jewish Autonomous Region”.
In 2007, being the oldest honorary builder in the region, Valentina Dmitrievna retired.
In 2012, a personal web page of Birobidzhan resident Valentina Matisova was opened on the portal of the Hall of National Labor Glory of Russia. This project is being implemented by the non-profit organization “National Center for Labor Glory” within the framework of the “Labor Glory of Russia” Program.
In May 2017, Valentina Dmitrievna passed away.
June 2, 1963
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the CPSU considered the issue of using equipment and mastering new technology at the Dalselmash plant. It was noted that the plant has created a large tool farm, eight mechanized production lines for processing basic mass-produced parts, and introduced more than 60 types of new equipment and advanced technology. The existing equipment, if used rationally, can ensure the production of about 3 thousand combines per year. The adopted resolution defines specific measures for the introduction and rational use of new technology.
The Bureau of the Regional Committee of the CPSU also heard a report on the work of the Party and State Control Committee of the Birobidzhan District. The adopted resolution noted that the committee carried out work to create groups and posts to assist party state control and improve their activities at enterprises and organizations in the region; 29 groups and two assistance posts were created, to which 179 people were delegated. The Bureau recommended that the Party-State Control Committee systematically summarize the experience of the groups and assistance posts.
June 2, 1972
Clippings from the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star”. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
On this day, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the building of the regional newspaper editorial offices in memory of the famous writer E.G. Kazakevich, who lived and worked in the editorial office of the newspapers “Birobidzhaner Stern” (12+) and “Birobidzhan Star” (12+).
Memorial plaque with a bas-relief on the building of the editorial office of the newspapers “Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda” and “Birobidzhaner Stern”. Photo: Photo: Website of the Government of the Jewish Autonomous Region
Emmanuel Genrikhovich Kazakevich made a significant contribution to the creation of an artistic chronicle of the Great Patriotic War. His works were awarded State Prizes of the USSR. Emmanuel Kazakevich was one of those who came here in the first years of the formation of the Jewish Autonomous Region; the beginning of his life and his literary activity is connected with the region.
At the opening of a memorial plaque to the writer in Birobidzhan on June 2, 1972, representatives of the city’s public, the oldest writers of the region, and journalists gathered.
Kind words were spoken by: the head of the culture department of the city executive committee B.P. Mazo, the writer Boris Miller, the head of the trade union library of the textile and clothing factory Galina Romanova. Isaac Bronfman's poem “Memory” (0+), dedicated to E. Kazakevich, was read by student Anya Stavchanskaya.
June 2, 2005
The newspaper “Birobidzhaner Stern” on June 2, 2005, on its pages, talked about the youth club “Haverim” at the Birobidzhan Jewish religious community “Freud”.
Community “Freud”. Photo: Photo: EAOMedia news agency archive
“Haverim” means “friends” in Hebrew. The club has its own mini-museum, the club is headed by Eduard Tiraspolsky. Foreigners often visit the club. The club has a tradition; employees ask each guest of the club to leave their own drawing as a souvenir. Most often they draw self-portraits and write wishes. Using such “autographs” one can study the places from which “Freud’s” guests came,” the newspaper wrote.
