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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); 5,905 (2002 Census); 6,646 (1989 Soviet census).




History


It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928 named after Pyotr Smidovich who, along with Mikhail Kalinin, came up with the idea to found the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.




Climate


Like most of the Amur Basin, Smidovich has an extreme humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), featuring very warm and rainy summers contrasting with frigid and very dry winters.




Sport


The bandy club Urozhay played in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second highest division, until 2015–16. Its home arena was the Lokomotiv Stadium.




See also


History of the Jews in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stadion Lokomotiv
• Mikhail Pokrovsky
• Smidovich
• Pyotr Smidovich
• Sofia Smidovich
• Maria Kostyuk
• Lokomotiv Stadium (Smidovich)
• Mikhail Pokrovsky
• Vikenty Veresaev
• Birobidzhan
• Semyon Strugachyov
• Poles in the Soviet Union