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Birobidzhan – Where the Jews aren’t

Stalin tried to establish a socialist Jewish utopia in Russia’s Far East. I had read about this extraordinary project -many years prior to this trip, but had no idea though that it was close to Khabarovsk. How did I learn that the Jewish Autonomous Region of Oblast started right across the bridge

Location of Birobidzhan on the Amur River, close to China.

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