Valery Solomonovich Gurevich a Russia

Russia

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n politician

Politician

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, http://www.eao.ru/eng/?p=349 is the vice-governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated in the Russian Far East, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan....

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0607/Why-some-Jews-would-rather-live-in-Siberia-than-Israel/%28page%29/2.

Leadership in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Gurevich both organized, and participated in, the 2004 70th anniversary celebrations of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Jewish Autonomous Oblast

The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated in the Russian Far East, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast of Russia and Heilongjiang province of China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan....

 (founded in 1934). During this time Gurevich assisted in the opening of the Birobidzhan Synagogue

Birobidzhan Synagogue

The Birobidzhan Synagogue was established in 2004. The synagogue is in the city of Birobidzhan, which is the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, an autonomous oblast of Russia. It is "the first synagogue in Russia to be built partly with state money," according to the Federation of Jewish...

 which was coordinated along with the 70th anniversary celebrations. http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/041008/revival.shtml

Political history

Gurevich is the highest ranking Jewish politician in the oblast

Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...

 His official title is "Vice-chairman of the Government" http://www.eao.ru/eng/?p=349. He is in the line of succession after the vice-chairman of the Government, Viktor Gozhy

Viktor Gozhy

Viktor Spiridonovich Gozhy is a Russian politician.Gozhy is the First vice-chairman of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. He is the next in the line of succession after the Chairman of the Government, Nikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov See also: List of Jewish Autonomous Oblast Leaders...

, who follows Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

 Nikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov

Nikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov

-Childhood and Education:Volkov was born in 1951 in Krasnoye village, in the Shablykinsky district of the Oryol Region. In 1973, Volkov graduated from a civil engineer institute in Odessa.-Politics:...

 http://www.eao.ru/eng/?p=regnews_eng&newsid=1533

Jewish heritage

Gurevich is the son of Jewish settlers who arrived in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the 1930s. http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=523944 Gurevich is interested in developing the region's Jewish identity

Jewish identity

Jewish identity is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. Under the broader definition, the Jewish identity does not depend on whether or not a person is regarded as a Jew by others, or by an external set of religious, or legal, or...

. http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/041008/revival.shtml http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/091304JTA_Birobid.shtml Both his parents and grandparents spoke Yiddish. Gurivich has also been described as a Jewish activist. http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=493279048&page_url=%2f%2fwww.jta.org%2fpage_view_story.asp%3fintarticleid%3d13137%26intcategoryid%3d5&page_last_updated=9%2f1%2f2003+2%3a59%3a38+PM&firstName=Alexander&lastName=Vinnikov

Amur bridge project

During the 2007 China

China

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 Harbin International Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation (Harbin Fair), Valery Solomonovich Gurevich said that Russia and China will likely start construction of the first railway bridge, the Amur Bridge Project

Amur Bridge Project

The Amur Bridge Project was announced in 2007 by Valery Solomonovich Gurevich, the vice-chairman of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. He stated that China and Russia might start construction of the first railway bridge over the Amur River at the end of 2007...

, over the Amur River by then end of 2007. http://en.bcnq.com/bizchina/2007-06/28/content_5421141.htm