The decision to merge into one huge community was made by five hundred Jewish colonists in Zvenigorodka, Uman region. The community is to be called the Stalin Community of Jewish Peasants. A large kitchen capable of serving 800 people will be opened there on April 1 One house will be set aside for housing all the children of the community.
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