BIROBIDZHAN TOWN: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT

On March 2, 1937, the town of Birobidzhan appeared on map Soviet Union, transformed from workers' settlement same name. At that time, for Jewish Autonomous region, created three years before, it was already administrative and cultural center. Soon became one industrial centers Far East with a developed mechanical engineering, represented by factories production rice-grain forage harvesters caterpillar tracks, transformers complete transformer substations.Light industry products – outerwear, upper knitwear underwear, winter summer shoes were supplied to all settlements region. present, after deep crisis nineties, town's economy has seen trends in sustainable development, growth investment, volume shipment products.