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{{Short description|Urban settlement in Obluchensky, District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia}}
'''Bira''' ({{langx|ru|Бира}}) is an [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|urban locality]] (an [[urban-type settlement]]) in [[Obluchensky District]] of the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://population-of.com/en/Russia/89/Bira/|title=Population Of Bira|website=population-of.com}}</ref> Population: {{ru-census|p2010=3,167|p2002=4,311|p1989=4,111}}

==History==
Bira railway station was built in 1908. In 1937, a larger railway station and a depot were constructed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Establishment and Development of the JAR|publisher=Jewish Autonomous Region|url=http://www.eao.ru/eng/?p=361|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225101558/http://eao.ru/eng/?p=361|archive-date=2010-02-25|access-date=2024-08-17}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[Chief Rabbi]] of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, [[Mordechai Scheiner]], visited Bira to inspect local cemeteries and gather information about the Jews buried there in the years prior to [[World War II]].

==See also==
*[[Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast]]

==References==
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{{Jewish Autonomous Oblast}}
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[[Category:Urban-type settlements in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1908]]
[[Category:Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in the Russian Empire]]