Smidovich

Russia / Jevrej / Smidovich /
 town, district center

Smidovich (Russian: Смидович; Yiddish: סמידאוויטש) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Smidovichsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,120 (2010 Census).
It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928[4] named after Pyotr Smidovich who, along with Mikhail Kalinin, came up with the idea to found the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
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Coordinates:   48°36'3"N   133°49'8"E

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  • Glupost - net tut ni Smidovichej, no Rabinovichej; odni my, russkije!
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