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Etymology
The name indicates the desire of w:Joseph Stalin|Joseph Stalin to resettle Russian Jews in a specific geographic territory; it does not reflect any existing Jewish population in that territory at the time of its creation.
Proper noun
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Autonomous Oblast|Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR.
Translations
Russian: �в�ей�ка� ав�ономна� обла��� (Yevreyskaja avtonomnaja oblast)
Yiddish: ×�×�Ö´×�×�שער ×�×±×�×�Ö¸× ×�Ö¸×�×¢ ×�×¢×�× ×� (Yidisher Oytonome Gegnt)
See also
SFSR
Soviet Socialist Republic
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