A Government grant of 2,000,000 rubles for the construction of a new theater in Biro-Bidjan was announced here today. The building which will house the Kaganovich State Theater is planned as an expansion measure for the expected increase in population in the Jewish autonomous region.
At the same time, it was reported that a department of history of the Jewish theater has been established at the State Jewish Theatrical School in Moscow. The department, which was named for Solomon Mikhoels, chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee of the U.S.S.R., plans to publish a number of works describing the major phases of the development of the Jewish stage.
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