Day in the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region
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October 25, 1935
The newspaper “Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda” (12+) in 1935 published the Resolution of the Presidium of the Regional Executive Committee of the Jewish Autonomous Region of the Far East on October 25, 1935 on the move of the Jewish writer D. Bergelson for permanent residence in the Jewish Autonomous Region. “The successful socialist construction of Ev.A.O. and the development of Jewish socialist culture, as a consequence of this construction, evokes the warmest sympathy and active support of the entire working intelligentsia of the Jewish people.
One of the indicators of the enthusiasm that, thanks to the correct implementation of the Lenin-Stalinist national policy, gripped the best part of this intelligentsia is the desire to move permanently to Ev.A.O. expressed by such a major Jewish writer as David Bergelson.
Greetings Comrade D. Bergelson and expressing confidence that his excellent example will be followed by the best representatives of Jewish Soviet literature, science and art – the Presidium of the Regional Executive Committee DECIDES:
1. Build for comrade. BERGELSON RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
2. Suggest to the Regional Komkhoz (Comrade Apetekin) to allocate the necessary funds for this.
3. Invite “Birobidzhanstroy” (Comrade Morozov) to immediately begin construction of the house, putting it into operation no later than February 1, 1936.
4. Place at the disposal of comrade. Bergelson's car.
Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee Ev.A.O. Liberberg.”
Information: David Rafailovich Bergelson, a famous Jewish writer, was born on August 12, 1884 in the town of Okhrimovo in the Kiev region.
In 1934, the writer came to Birobidzhan, having lived for a short time on our land, he managed to create a book called “Birobidzhan Motifs” (0+), in which he depicted with great love people developing the first hectares of virgin taiga, and painted pictures of the harsh Far Eastern nature. And the enthusiasm of the people – the pioneer builders, which helped them overcome numerous difficulties. During the Great Patriotic War, the writer actively participated in the work of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. Repressed shot on August 12, 1952 on his birthday with a group of Jewish writers. Afterwards he was rehabilitated.
Day in the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
October 25, 1940
The newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” of 1940 wrote on October 25 that the construction of a number of new enterprises should begin in Birobidzhan in 1941. A tile plant of regional importance should be built in the area of the Trek junction. Also, according to the decision of the regional executive committee, an enamel cookware factory should be built in Birobidzhan, with a capacity of 100 tons of cookware per year, the launch of which is scheduled for 1942.
“The construction of the plant has been entrusted to the regional industrial union. The plant will employ 125 workers and employees. About a million rubles have been allocated for construction, there is a standard design, and a site is being selected.”
In 1940, the newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” wrote that there were large reserves of clay in the region – white, red, green. An excerpt from an article by S. Gendelman, chairman of the city plan: “The collective farmers of the collective farm named after Dimitrov (the village of Nemetskoye, Birobidzhan district) extracted a large amount of white clay when digging a well. They use this clay to process their apartments. How large the reserves of white clay are in this area can be judged, if only because near this village in a ravine a trunk of white clay came to the surface in one and a half meters in diameter.
In the village of Birushka on the collective farm named after. Molotov, Birobidzhan region, highly colored sand is used for construction. According to experts, this sand contains large admixtures of red clay, from which red ocher of different tones is produced.
Three kilometers from the village of Bira, Birsky district, there is the “Green” hill. It got its name from the large presence of deposits of green clay, from which green paint is made.
These clay deposits open up great prospects for the development of the ceramic industry in our region.”
October 25, 1947
Day in the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Photo: Photo: Regional Library
Newspaper “Birobidzhan Star” 1947 October 25, article by the secretary of the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks A. Bakhmutsky “Towards new successes in the construction of our region.” In it, the secretary of the regional committee talks about the successes and development of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The fact that in 1947, many collective farms in the region produced a rich harvest, hundreds of Stakhanovites received additional payment for their work. On the implementation and overfulfillment of annual plans of industrial enterprises.
Excerpts from the article:
“Significant successes in socialist competition were achieved by the Khinganolovo plant, which fulfilled its annual plan for the extraction of tin concentrate back in August. The railway workers of the Obluchensky branch fulfilled the annual shipment plan in August.
The Birobidzhan “Shirpotreb” factory, the metal products plant, the Teploozersky fish breeding plant, fishing collective farms and the Nikolaev fish factory, the “Proletary”, “Perove Maya”, “Detal”, “Metallist”, and Red October artels completed their annual program.
More than 700 Stakhanovites and Stakhanovites of industry have already fulfilled and exceeded annual standards.”
