Birobidzhansky District

[2] Bira River valley of the district is surrounded by foothills of the Lesser Khingan mountains.[9] Another wave of population growth came in 1890–1910 with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Amur Cart Road; these migrants were mostly from Central Russia and Volga regions.[9] The first large migration of Jews began in the 1920s, who founded at least half a dozen villages in the district.The current district administration was formed in 1942 as the area was growing in importance and was supplying food to the war effort.Late in 1942, the village of Valdgame contributed 250,000 rubles to support the squadron "Jewish Farmer".
BirobidzhanDistrictFederal subjectJewish Autonomous OblastAdministrative center2010 CensusInhabited localitiesTime zoneUTC+10RussianYiddishRussiaautonomous oblast2002 Census1989 Soviet censusBira RiverAmur RiverKhabarovskLesser KhinganObluchensky DistrictSmidovichsky DistrictLeninsky District, Jewish Autonomous OblastTreaty of AigunTrans-Siberian RailwayAmur Cart Roadtown of oblast significanceFederal State Statistics ServiceAdministrative divisionsRural localitiesLeninskyObluchenskyOktyabrskySmidovichskyObluchyeUrban-type settlementsBirakanKhinganskKuldurLondokoNikolayevkaPriamurskySmidovichTeploozyorskVolochayevka-2