Bira, Russia Explained

Bira (Russian: Бира) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia.^[1] Population:

History

Bira railway station was built in 1908. In 1937, a larger railway station and a depot were constructed.^[2]

In 2006, the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Mordechai Scheiner, visited Bira to inspect local cemeteries and gather information about the Jews buried there in the years prior to World War II.

See also

• Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

References

48.985°N 132.4647°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population Of Bira. population-of.com.
2. Web site: Establishment and Development of the JAR. Jewish Autonomous Region. https://web.archive.org/web/20100225101558/http://eao.ru/eng/?p=361. 2010-02-25. 2024-08-17.