Urban settlement in Obluchensky, District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
Bira (Russian : Бира ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) in Obluchensky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast , Russia .[ 1] Population: 3,167 (2010 Census ) ;[ 2] 4,311 (2002 Census ) ;[ 3] 4,111 (1989 Soviet census ) .[ 4]
History
Bira railway station was built in 1908. In 1937, a larger railway station and a depot were constructed.[ 5]
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
References
^ "Population Of Bira" . population-of.com .
^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service .
^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS) . Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly .
^ "Establishment and Development of the JAR" . Jewish Autonomous Region. Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2024 .
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