Smidovich
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Smidovich (Russian: Смидович) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Smidovichsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,720 (2006 est.)[1]; 5,905 (2002 Census); 6,646 (1989 Census).
It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928[2] named after Pyotr Smidovich who, along with Mikhail Kalinin, came up with the idea to found the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.[3] As of 2004, Smidovich has an amateur Yiddish theater.[4]
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