Jewish Autonomous Oblast
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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan.
A wintery Tunguska River near Nikolaevka village.
A child playing in the JAO.
The Chapel of St. Dmitry Donskoy.
A monument to the Volochaevsky battle.
Seekers of Happiness
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Seekers of Happiness is a Soviet film from 1936 trying to attract Jews to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) in the far east of the USSR. It is also known by its alternative name, A Greater Promise.
Pinya with his bottle of gold dust