Title

Odessa: Jewish orphanage, 1920-1929. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Odessa: Jewish orphanage, 1920-1929. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous Region--to serve as a Jewish homeland. The capital of the region was the city of Birobidzhan. This album includes 274 photographs of the early years of Birobidzhan, beginning in the late 1920s. National Library of Russia

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A12_292

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Rights managed

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51,1Mb (1,4Mb) / 16,5in x 12,0in / 4960 x 3604 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait animal standing female holding women woman people childhood male boy boys child children girl girls library man men pet religious country religion dog dogs guy color Judaism Jewish Ukraine ukrainian location century Russia Russian concept twenties B&W JEW Jews Library of Congress Odessa Group Portrait Colour USSR Soviet Union black & white black and white B W 1920s white and black Soviet orphans orphanage 20th century orphan TGN photograph Unknown Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Congressional Library Heritage Art still image L'enfance Meeting of Frontiers