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 Jewish Autonomous Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; formerly Jewish Autonomous Republic) is situated in the Far Eastern federal district of Russia, bordering China.
The history of settlement of the territory of the Jewish Autonomous Region is closely connected with that of the lands along the Amur River.
In 1991, the Jewish Autonomous Region was elevated to the status of an Autonomous Republic, but by that time most of the Jews had gone and the remaining Jews now constituted less than two percent of the local population.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Republic   (1911 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pogrom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the 1881 outbreak, thousands of Jewish homes were destroyed, many families reduced to extremes of poverty; women sexually assaulted, and large numbers of men, women, and children killed or injured in 166 Russian towns.
The Bund, the Jewish labor union, and Jewish participation in the Bolshevik movements were directly influenced by the pogroms.
Similarly, the organization of Jewish self-defence leagues (which stopped the pogromists in certain areas during the second Kishinev pogrom) such as Hibbat Zion led naturally into a strong embrace of Zionism, and especially by Russian Jews.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pogrom   (3771 words)

  
 Jewish Autonomous Oblast -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Jewish (Click link for more info and facts about Autonomous Republic) Autonomous Republic was founded in 1928 as the Jewish National District.
By the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s the Jewish National District was promoted to the status of an (Click link for more info and facts about Autonomous Region) Autonomous Region and a massive propaganda campaign was underway to induce more Jewish settlers to move there.
Once again, the Jewish leadership was arrested and efforts were made to stamp out Yiddish culture—even the (Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism) Judaica collection in the local library was burned.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jewish_autonomous_oblast.htm   (850 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Autonomy
In Eastern Christianity, autonomy is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop is appointed by a higher-ranking bishop, often a patriarch, who has no other authority over the autonomous church.
Kurdistan, Kosovo or Hong Kong SAR (not necessarily as a result of formal secession), is autonomous.
In computing, the peripheral that can be used with the computer turned off (like multifunctionals, to copy and fax), is autonomous.
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 ipedia.com: Jewish Autonomous Oblast Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is situated in the Far Eastern federal district of Russia, bordering China.
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть;; formerly Jewish Autonomous Republic) is situated in the Far Eastern federal district of Russia, bordering China.
It has an area of 36,000 km² and a population of approximately 212,000 (1995), of which only about 2% is Jewish: the remainder is Russian (approximately 85%), Ukrainian, and Korean.
www.ipedia.com /jewish_autonomous_oblast.html   (1262 words)

  
 Atlas: Birobidzhan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
housands of miles east of European Russia,the Jewish Autonomous Region was founded in 1934 as a "homeland" for Soviet Jews.
Unfortunately for the Jewish migrants, there was a good reason why virtually nobody lived in this region: the winters are extremely harsh, the roads were practically nonexistent, and the land was swampy.
The Jewish population was essentially inactive until the late 1980s an early 1990s, when there was something of a revival in Birobidzhan.
www.f8.com /FP/Russia/Abiro.html   (259 words)

  
 Autonomy Article, Autonomy Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In computing, a peripheral that can be used with the computer turned off (for example, a multifunction printer/copier/fax machine that can still copy andfax without the computer being turned on), is autonomous.
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