Birobidzhan
town and administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the far east of Russia
Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджан; Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַן) is a town in Russia. It is the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, located on the Trans-Siberian railway, close to the Chinese border. As of 2019, 73,129 people lived there.
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Other websites
change- (in Russian) Official website of Birobidzhan Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
48°48′N 132°56′E / 48.800°N 132.933°E
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