A new autonomous Jewish region was proclaimed today by the Soviet government in Crimea, where Jewish colonization work is being conducted by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This is the fifth Jewish autonomous region in the Soviet Union, including Biro-Bidjan. It will carry the name Larindorf, in honor of the late Uri Larin, well-known Soviet Jewish leader who was one of the most important figures in Jewish colonization work in Russia.
HAS 50 COLLECTIVES
The new autonomous Jewish region consists of fifty collective villages and has large sheep ranches, vineyards, dairy farms and many tractor stations. It is one of the best districts in Crimea.
An official announcement issued here today states that more than 1,000 Jewish families migrated to Biro-Bidjan, the Far Eastern Jewish autonomous district, from January 1 to March 8. The entire quota of new settlers for the Bureya in the first quarter of the year is 1,300, and is expected to be filled before the end of the month. The quota for the next quarter will be 3,000 settlers.
Extensive plans were also announced today for settling more Jews on land in the Jewish autonomous regions of Kalinindorf, Stalindorf and New Zlatopol. The OZET, the Soviet Committee to Settle Jews on Land, has issued a warning that the settling of new families in these three regions will be faced with difficulties since the government has not allocated sufficient funds for the colonization work there.
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