Birobidzhan

town and administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the far east of Russia

Place City Of Oblast Significance Q7769

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of: city of oblast significance, city or town^[8]
Inception: 1915^[15]
Official website: www.biradm.ru^[16]
Native label: Биробиджан, ביראָבידזשאן^[33]^[34]
Official name: Биробиджан, ביראָבידזשאן, Биро-Биджан, Тихонькая^[31]^[32]

Location

Country: Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union^[4]^[5]^[6]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 48.783°, 132.933°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Birobidzhan Urban Okrug^[3]

Population and size

Area: +169.38^[36]
Elevation above sea level: +80^[35]
Population: 67k (30k–87k, n=11)^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

Codes

Local dialing code: 42622^[14]
Postal code: 679000–679025^[13]

More facts +5

Award received: Order of the Badge of Honour^[2]
Capital of: Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhansky District, Birobidzhan Urban Okrug^[28]^[29]^[30]
Head of government: Головатый, Александр Сергеевич^[7]
Maximum temperature record: +39.9^[37]
Twinned administrative body: Niigata, Beaverton, Hegang, Ma'alot-Tarshiha^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Birobidzhan en Birobijan en Birobidzshan ar بيروبيجان cs Birobidžan da Birobidzjan de Birobidschan el Μπιρομπιτζάν es Birobidzhán es Birobidzhan es Birobiyán fa بیروبیجان fr Birobidjan he בירוביג'ן hi बिरोबिदजान hu Birobidzsan id Birobijan ja ビロビジャン ko 비로비잔 pl Birobidżan

🔖 Identifiers · 35

VIAF cluster ID: 138919634, 134275874
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81026440
GND ID: 4006941-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Биробиджан, вокзальная площадь.JPG ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID: birobidzhan-the-jewish-autonomous-oblast
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12016530
Dewey Decimal Classification: 2--577
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Birobidzhan
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: juifs-birobidjan
FAST ID: 1212374
Facebook location ID: 109344269083755
Freebase ID: /m/0j7c_

Show all 35 identifiers +23

GeoNames ID: 2026643
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1052806
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Birobidzjan
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4128644, 1868500
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: birobidzhan-abccac
IdRef ID: 027506096
J9U entity ID: 987007566928005171, 987007554968405171
Lex ID: Birobidzjan
MusicBrainz area ID: 70296046-eec6-4c0f-a2c1-874894a03608
NE.se ID: birobidzjan
NL CR AUT ID: ge620322
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX457476
OKATO ID: 99401000000
OKTMO ID: 99701000001
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3877967
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 2048099
Quora topic ID: Birobidzhan
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID: geografico/1210452
Topic's main category: Category:Birobidzhan
WOEID: 1989727
Who's on First ID: 102015229
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID: Birobidzhan
Yale LUX ID: place/8655823a-e5bf-429b-bdc5-5c3bd04f2c66

📚 Sources · 1

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Located in time zoneP421

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🔗 Connections

People born here 8

Nataliya Gumenyuk, Joel Razvozov, Serhii Deineko, Ekaterina Rumyantseva, Alexander Levintal, Felix Malyarenko, Shahar Bachtiar Piven, Vladimir Kuznetsov

Twinned administrative body 4

Niigata, Beaverton, Hegang, Ma'alot-Tarshiha

← Headquarters location 4

Birobidzhaner Shtern, Amur State University named for Sholom Aleichem, Diocese of Birobidzhan and Kuldur, Gubernia channel

← Twinned administrative body 4

Niigata, Beaverton, Hegang, Ma'alot-Tarshiha

Country 3

Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire

Capital of 2

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhansky District

Residents 2

Joseph, Aron Vergelis

← Capital 2

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Birobidzhansky District

Award received 1

Order of the Badge of Honour

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Birobidzhan

Contained subdivisions 1

Birobidzhan-1 railway station

Located in this place 1

Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems

Located in time zone 1

UTC+10:00

People who died here 1

Pavel Kushnir

Topic's main category 1

Category:Birobidzhan

← Category combines topics 1

Category:People from Birobidzhan

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Birobidzhan

← Connects with 1

Trans-Siberian railway

← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1

Rostock

← Official residence 1

Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

← Significant place 1

Bastak Nature Reserve

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Summary

Birobidzhan is a city of oblast significance^[1].

FAQs

What awards did Birobidzhan receive?

Honors received include Order of the Badge of Honour^[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[7] ↑ Birobidzhan — head of government (P6): Головатый, Александр Сергеевич. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Birobidzhan — country (P17): Russia. Q26882286. Retrieved 2016-10-02. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Birobidzhan — country (P17): Russian Empire. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Birobidzhan — country (P17): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Birobidzhan — instance of (P31): city or town. Q26882286. Retrieved 2016-10-02. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Birobidzhan — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Birobidzhan Urban Okrug. Q26882286. Retrieved 2016-10-06. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Birobidzhan — award received (P166): Order of the Badge of Honour. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Birobidzhan — twinned administrative body (P190): Niigata. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Birobidzhan — twinned administrative body (P190): Beaverton. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Birobidzhan — twinned administrative body (P190): Hegang. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Birobidzhan — twinned administrative body (P190): Ma'alot-Tarshiha. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Birobidzhan — postal code (P281): 679000–679025. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Birobidzhan — local dialing code (P473): 42622. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Birobidzhan — inception (P571): January 1, 1915. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Birobidzhan — official website (P856): http://www.biradm.ru/. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 74,095. gks.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-31. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 73,623. gks.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-23. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 65,000. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 84,700. Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 3). wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 30,000. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 56,000. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 82,400. Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 82,000. Geograficzny słownik encyklopedyczny: nazwy geograficzne. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 86,700. Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 71,000. Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Birobidzhan — population (P1082): 67,212. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Birobidzhan — capital of (P1376): Jewish Autonomous Oblast. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Birobidzhan — capital of (P1376): Birobidzhansky District. Q26882286. Retrieved 2016-10-05. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Birobidzhan — capital of (P1376): Birobidzhan Urban Okrug. Q26882286. Retrieved 2016-10-05. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Birobidzhan — official name (P1448): Биробиджан. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Birobidzhan — official name (P1448): ביראָבידזשאן. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Birobidzhan — native label (P1705): Биробиджан. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Birobidzhan — native label (P1705): ביראָבידזשאן. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Birobidzhan — elevation above sea level (P2044): 80 m. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Birobidzhan — area (P2046): 169.38 km². gks.ru. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Birobidzhan — maximum temperature record (P6591): 39.9 °C. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Birobidzhan is an instance of city of oblast significance (Q56580425) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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