Smidovich

Smidovich is an urban locality and the administrative center of Smidovichsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Population:

History

It is an early Jewish settlement, which was founded in 1928 named after Pyotr Smidovich who, along with Mikhail Kalinin, came up with the idea to found the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

Climate

Like most of the Amur Basin, Smidovich has an extreme humid continental climate, featuring very warm and rainy summers contrasting with frigid and very dry winters.

Sport

The bandy club Urozhay played in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second highest division, until 2015–16. Its home arena was the Lokomotiv Stadium.