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Birobidzhan

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Introduction

Birobidzhan is a city in Far Eastern Russia and the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The city has about 75,000 inhabitants.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Birobidzhan has a humid continental climate with warm summers and extremely cold winters. The average low in January lies around -30 °C, but temperatures have been known to drop to around -50 °C! June to August is fairly warm with average highs of 23-26 °C though occasionally much warmer.

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Getting There

By Plane

By Train

The city is located along the Trans-Siberian Railway, just a few hours from Khabarovsk.

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

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