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goobster · 3207 days ago · link · · parent · post: #russiabyforeigners: non-Russians of Hubski, tell us what you think of Russia!
That's a funny bit of synchronicity... I was just researching the Jewish Autonomous Oblast - the only official Jewish establishment outside of Israel - and Khabarovsk is right at the corner of the JAO!
Berobijian from what I heard was ussrs attempt the exile Jews to Siberia more diplomatically than sending them to the gulag. One of my grandfather had "Jew" as his nationallity in his passport (he was born in ukraine) and I remember getting into countless debates about the question back in high school. Here in Canada you can be Israeli, being a Jew is not a nationality . Brings back some memories... I don't really know where I was going with this comment anymore