Delegations from industrial and agricultural cooperatives of several Soviet republics and autonomous regions have left for Biro-Bidjan to participate in a celebration May 7 of the tenth anniversary of the commencement of colonization there and the fourth anniversary of its proclamation as a Jewish autonomous region. The Ukrainian Jewish region, Kalinindorf, was among those sending delegations. The Communist Agrarian Academy and other educational institutions are also sending representatives.
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