Jewish Autonomous Oblast

geographical name

variants or Yevreyskaya

yi-ˈvrā-skə-yə 

autonomous oblast of eastern Russia in Asia, across the Amur River from China; capital Birobidzhan area 13,900 square miles (36,001 square kilometers), population 176,558

Note: The Jewish Autonomous Oblast was set aside by the Soviet government in 1928 for colonization by Jews.